Selection method for inquisitive modal logic
Selection method for inquisitive modal logic
Author(s): Stipe Marić, Tin PerkovSubject(s): Philosophy, Logic
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Inquisitive modal logic; selection method; tree model property
Summary/Abstract: The selection method is one of the methods to prove that various modal logics have the finite model property. For a given formula that is satisfiable in some model, we select a finite tree-like submodel, while preserving the satisfiability of the observed formula. In this paper, we adapt the selection method for the inquisitive modal logic InqML⊞. We first define a tree-like model in the inquisitive setting and show that each satisfiable formula is satisfiable in a tree-like model. Then, using the notions of n-bisimulation and characteristic formulas, we show that InqML⊞ has the finite tree model property, i.e., each satisfiable formula is satisfiable in a finite tree-like model. Furthermore, we show analogous results for the inquisitive modal logic InqML⇒, and as a consequence we obtain the decidability of InqML⇒.
Journal: Reports on Mathematical Logic
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 60
- Page Range: 3-22
- Page Count: 30
- Language: English
