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The category of propositional deductive systems

Logic 2025-08-28 v1 Category Theory

Abstract

We define the category QM\mathcal{QM} of quantales and their modules and prove the existence of coproducts, and the one of pushout and amalgamated coproducts under certain conditions. Then we define the non-full subcategory DS0\mathcal{DS}_0, of propositional deductive systems, show that it is equivalent to the one of ``real'' propositional logics whose morphisms are interpretations (modulo a language translation, when needed), and prove that the coproduct in DS0\mathcal{DS}_0 is precisely the deductive system called ``logical coproduct'' in [Russo,2022]. Last, we discuss amalgamation in DS0\mathcal{DS}_0.

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@article{arxiv.2508.19426,
  title  = {The category of propositional deductive systems},
  author = {Ciro Russo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.19426},
  year   = {2025}
}
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