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Material dialogues for first-order logic in constructive type theory: extended version.

Authors :
Wehr, Dominik
Kirst, Dominik
Source :
Mathematical Structures in Computer Science; Nov2024, Vol. 34 Issue 7, p689-709, 21p
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Dialogues are turn-taking games which model debates about the satisfaction of logical formulas. A novel variant played over first-order structures gives rise to a notion of first-order satisfaction. We study the induced notion of validity for classical and intuitionistic first-order logic in the constructive setting of the calculus of inductive constructions. We prove that such material dialogue semantics for classical first-order logic admits constructive soundness and completeness proofs, setting it apart from standard model-theoretic semantics of first-order logic. Furthermore, we prove that completeness with regard to intuitionistic material dialogues fails in both constructive and classical settings. As an alternative, we propose material dialogues played over Kripke structures. These Kripke material dialogues exhibit constructive completeness when restricting to the negative fragment. The results concerning classical material dialogues have been mechanized using the Coq interactive theorem prover. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09601295
Volume :
34
Issue :
7
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Mathematical Structures in Computer Science
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
181065100
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960129523000348