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INQUISITIVE BISIMULATION.

Authors :
CIARDELLI, IVANO
OTTO, MARTIN
Source :
Journal of Symbolic Logic; Mar2021, Vol. 86 Issue 1, p77-109, 33p
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Inquisitive modal logic, InqML, is a generalisation of standard Kripke-style modal logic. In its epistemic incarnation, it extends standard epistemic logic to capture not just the information that agents have, but also the questions that they are interested in. Technically, InqML fits within the family of logics based on team semantics. From a model-theoretic perspective, it takes us a step in the direction of monadic second-order logic, as inquisitive modal operators involve quantification over sets of worlds. We introduce and investigate the natural notion of bisimulation equivalence in the setting of InqML. We compare the expressiveness of InqML and first-order logic in the context of relational structures with two sorts, one for worlds and one for information states, and characterise inquisitive modal logic as the bisimulation invariant fragment of first-order logic over various natural classes of two-sorted structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00224812
Volume :
86
Issue :
1
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Journal of Symbolic Logic
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
151302073
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/jsl.2020.77