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Valuation semantics for first-order logics of evidence and truth (and some related logics)

Logic 2021-06-21 v1

Abstract

This paper introduces the logic QLETFQLET_{F}, a quantified extension of the logic of evidence and truth LETFLET_{F}, together with a corresponding sound and complete first-order non-deterministic valuation semantics. LETFLET_{F} is a paraconsistent and paracomplete sentential logic that extends the logic of first-degree entailment (FDEFDE) with a classicality operator {\circ} and a non-classicality operator \bullet, dual to each other: while A{\circ} A entails that AA behaves classically, A{\bullet} A follows from AA's violating some classically valid inferences. The semantics of QLETFQLET_{F} combines structures that interpret negated predicates in terms of anti-extensions with first-order non-deterministic valuations, and completeness is obtained through a generalization of Henkin's method. By providing sound and complete semantics for first-order extensions of FDEFDE, K3K3, and LPLP, we show how these tools, which we call here the method of ``anti-extensions + valuations'', can be naturally applied to a number of non-classical logics.

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@article{arxiv.2106.09850,
  title  = {Valuation semantics for first-order logics of evidence and truth (and some related logics)},
  author = {H. Antunes and A. Rodrigues and W. Carnielli and M. E. Coniglio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.09850},
  year   = {2021}
}