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A Dual-Threshold Probabilistic Knowing Value Logic

Logic in Computer Science 2026-03-27 v1 Logic

Abstract

We introduce a dual-threshold probabilistic knowing value logic for uncertain multi-agent settings. The framework captures within a single formalism both probabilistic-threshold attitudes toward propositions and high-confidence attitudes toward term values, thereby connecting probabilistic epistemic logic with classical knowing value logic. It is especially motivated by privacy-sensitive scenarios in which an attacker assigns high posterior probability to a candidate sensitive value without guaranteeing that it is the true one. The main idea is to separate the threshold domains of propositional and value-oriented operators. While KiθK_i^\theta ranges over the full rational threshold interval, the knowing-value operator Kviη(t)Kv_i^\eta(t) is restricted to (12,1](\frac{1}{2},1]. This high-threshold restriction has a structural effect: once η>12\eta>\frac{1}{2}, two distinct values cannot both satisfy the threshold, so uniqueness becomes automatic. Over probabilistic models with countably additive measures, Kviη(t)Kv_i^\eta(t) is interpreted as non-factive high-confidence value locking. We establish sound axiomatic systems for the framework and develop a two-layer construction based on type-space distributions and assignment-configuration mappings. This resolves the joint realization problem arising from probabilistic mass allocation and value-sensitive constraints, and yields a structured weak-completeness theorem for the high-threshold fragment.

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@article{arxiv.2603.24865,
  title  = {A Dual-Threshold Probabilistic Knowing Value Logic},
  author = {Shanxia Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.24865},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

Preliminary draft. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Submitted to arXiv for preprint dissemination

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