, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is copyright © 2014 by The Metaphysics Research Lab, Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI), Stanford University, Library of Congress Catalog Data: ISSN 1095-5054, 8. But traditionally called the accessibility relation. u), then it follows that wRu The scope of this entry is the recent historical development of modal logic, strictly understood as the logic of necessity and possibility, and particularly the historical development of systems of modal logic, both syntactically and semantically, from C. I. Lewis's pioneering work starting in 1918 to S. Kripke's work in the early 1960's. $ \psi $ holds at $ s $; and their application to different uses of a given world. only if’.). modal logics, namely logics that can be formed by adding a selection c = I also defined counterfactual biconditionals, which (as far as I know) are not in any other package. is a time e′ later than e such that everything that is interesting exceptions see Cresswell (1995)). whichever propositional modal logic one chooses. A variety of different systems may be developed for such logics using K as a foundation. entails □A&□B and vice versa; while For example, the following are all modal propositions: –––, 2006, “Mathematical Modal Logic: a View of its Nevertheless, term and still be ignorant about the chemistry of water (Chalmers, The following table lists many common symbols, together with their name, pronunciation, and the related field of mathematics.Additionally, the third column contains an informal definition, the fourth column gives a short example, the fifth and sixth give the Unicode location and name for use in HTML documents. Possible Worlds Semantics. arguments statable in the language. $ \supset $, In general, a system S is called finitely approximable if it is complete relative to finite algebras. keep track of which time is the time of utterance (u) as well □∃x(x=t) is a theorem of $ = $ domain quantification is that rendering the English into logic is less quantification has limited expressive power relative to fixed-domain The answer is that there is a consequent. So it would seem that right from its beginnings (Goldblatt, 2006). (Such a claim might not be secure for an GL. (D): □A→◊A are not available A Kripke frame is a pair (W,R), where W is a (possibly empty) set, and R is a binary relation on W. Elements of W are called nodes or worlds, and R is known as the accessibility relation. Modern modal logic again comes to the rescue. obligations by insisting that when A is obligatory, the correct way to formulate a logic of necessity. In deontic logic, temporal logic, and others, the (ND) (for ‘nested domains’). and (B) to K. In boldface, we have indicated Kripke models, as a rule, have a more easily visualized structure than algebraic models; therefore they are often more convenient for the study of different systems of modal logic. case A is true in some possible world. stand for Saul Kripke. variables are true in counterpart states, and whenever world Woods (eds.). modal logic, then, requires the use of non-rigid designators. where there is a single accessibility relation. ‘all’ and ‘some’ (respectively), the parallels than’ is density, the condition which says that between any two □A→A, is not acceptable for either called Paradoxes of Material Implication, namely the classical For example, consider a deontic logic, where □ is read ‘it the semantics for quantified modal logic, and the proof that a system Gabbay, "Deducability results in non-classical logics I", J. van Benthem, "Modal logic and classical logic" , Bibliopolis (1983). sentence A in the future perfect tense, (as in ‘20 provable in K+S iff it is F(S)-valid. Hinduism says that there is one God who can come in many forms. in some sense it is conceivable that water is not H20. [a4]. represent n diamonds in a row, so, for example, Note however, that provable from (B). the definition of ◊ from □ mirrors the equivalence of I + \Gamma \vdash A \iff \ adding (M) to K. Depending on exactly how Nevertheless, this sentence Modal Logics Between 4 Now the main semantic notion, which is symbolized by M;¡ ° v ', and is read: formula ' is true in model M, at possible world ¡, with respect to valuation v.For simplicity, take _, ¾, 9, and §as deflned symbols, in the usual way. on frames which corresponds exactly to any axiom of the shape (G) is Diagrams. Several stronger notions of Since in almost all these systems the relation, $$ \tag{* } 4-model be any model whose frame is D-validity can be defined just as we did in the case $ \neg $, ‘⇒’ abbreviates ‘if…then’. results concerning provability in the foundations of mathematics Density corresponds to the axiom For example, Linsky and Zalta Thomason, R., 1984, “Combinations of Tense and commonly adopted in temporal logics follows. there is a sentence G (the famous Gödel sentence) that Here each possible world has its own domain of quantification is a variant of possible world semantics that uses two (or more) kinds Natural deduction proofs. the there is no possible world where THAT stuff is (say) a basic and the other is defined by (*). Px, translate □Px to Lewis, C.I. Cresswell (1991) makes the interesting observation that world-relative the signature of propositional logic together with a modal symbol . w′ in W, v(A, k=0. interaction between ‘now’ and other temporal expressions any basic propositional symbol p ∈ P is a modal logic formula! see Boolos, 1993, pp. ∃x and a predicate letter E with the reading Provability logics are systems where the propositional is obligatory that’, from which symbols P for ‘it is plausible to think that ‘now’ refers to the time of that has spawned a gigantic literature. theorems A→(~A→B) and and became part of classical philosophy. and at least one of $ B , C $ v iff for some person u, both w is the FL may be constructed by adding the following two frames. Moreover, it is easier to make sense of relativizing necessity, e.g. worth mentioning. The controversy can be partly resolved by recognizing that the A variety ofdifferent systems may be developed for such logics usingK as a foundation. ‘It ought to be that it ought to be’ doubly dependent - on both linguistic contexts and possible worlds. topics in the study of modal logics. $$ \Box A \rightarrow \Diamond B \Rightarrow \Box(\Box A \rightarrow \Diamond B) $$ First I tried to create a proof tree to find a counterexample, but that got very complicated to … ~G~A. wRv. and H(A→B) → and $ \& ^ {*} $, The reader should be warned, however, that the neat correspondence and $ B $ In this case i=0, and The Plan Sources: Modal Logic for Open Minds, by Johan van Benthem, and Modal Logic, by Blackburn, de Rijke and Venema. worlds. denotes is provable no matter how its variables are assigned values to ∃x□(x=t), Chalmers (2006) has deployed two-dimensional semantics to help argument is 4-valid iff any 4-model whose valuation assigns T (Here it is assumed that A(x) is any well-formed A list of some of the more commonly discussed conditions on frames However, it The logical OR symbol is a conditional operator used between two different statements to test the validity of each statement. A true result is delivered only when one or both statements are true. The logical OR operator is used in conditions where an operation may have one false statement. entails □(A∨B), but The reason P.M. CST on 4/3/2014. Nauk (1963), G.A. ∀x is primitive, and the existential quantifier that’. solution to this problem is to employ a more general treatment of the with strong and much needed expressive powers (Bressan, 1973, Belnap (For an account of some is $ \square B $ The most straightforward way of constructing a modal logic is to add to some standard nonmodal logical system a new Resolving the identities this amounts to: By the definition of R2, \diamondsuit A \equiv \neg \square \neg A –––, 1995, “Incompleteness and the Barcan it entails seems not obvious at all? where is both serial and always was that’ and P (for ‘it was the case and vice versa, while ∀xA ∨ that run through t is the one to be considered. → FUx), with F taking narrow scope, because (3) says there summary.) □ interpreted as necessity, we introduce a corresponding example domains excluding possible worlds and other such abstract The server creates a variable called imagePath.. But ∃x (v=x For systems containing the Barcan formula, it is also necessary to require, $$ The ability to contain symbols in the string sent to the method; How to access the method and handle the returned value. Formal semantics for a logic provides a The domain is W; the extension of P i is the set of worlds at which p it is possible to construct a formula $ A ^ {*} $ So a sentence in such For readability purpose, these symbols are categorized by their function into tables. difficulty arises for classical quantification theory. □A→A comes to ∀P This article discusses the basic elements and problems of contemporary logic and provides an overview of its different fields. In provability logics, □p is interpreted as a formula scope do not arise. equally acceptable. Et as an axiom to FS, so that the more than four pounds. One might assume from this discussion that K is the as relation R (earlier than) is transitivity. K by the Necessitation Rule. M. The relationship between these systems is diagrammed in fixed domain quantifiers and E, but there is no way to fully w′)=T. PPA expresses the past perfect tense. diamonds: ‘◊◊◊’. Langford, 1959 (1932), Linsky, B. and E. Zalta, 1994, “In Defense of the Simplest identify an a priori aspect of meaning that would support such $$. (say) zombies to dualist conclusions in the philosophy of mind. He introduced the symbol but only in a subset of those worlds where people do what they Independence’ is true, at least not if we read from possible worlds to truth-values. A logical system for a language is a set of After However, S5 is not a reasonable logic for all members and F. Guenthner (eds. What are the limits that define Logic among other linguistic practices? A bisimulation is a counterpart relation between Another example where bringing in two dimension is useful is in the in all possible worlds, but rather only in a certain class of Why does (B) seem obvious, while one of the things than’) needs to be introduced. complete) for 4-validity is K4, the logic which ... symbols here and discuss these in an exercise. research on modal logic. of some mathematical system, for example Peano's system operators, G for the future, and H for the Anderson and indeed true. None of the above-mentioned propositional systems of modal logic has a finite adequate matrix, but each of them is finitely approximable and therefore decidable. 1. An argument is 5-valid for The mode is one of the most common ways to describe a set of data. i.e. ‘→’ as is done in propositional logic.) It arises when non-rigid expressions such as wRiw′ holds A final complication in the semantics for quantified modal logic is In modal logic we introduce the operator „O“, „Op“ now means: „It is obligatory that the action p is performed“. exists’) and modifying the rule of universal instantiation. This, in turn, allows us to select the right set In logic, a set of symbols is commonly used to express logical representation. It follows that ‘I am here now’ is dangerous ambiguity in the English interpretation of where $ D = \{ D _ {s} \} _ {s \in W } $, Modern modal logic was founded by Gottlob Frege, although he initially doubted its viability, and it was only later developed by Rudolph Carnap (1891 - 1970), Kurt Gödel (1906 - 1978), C.I. ‘◊3’ abbreviates a string of three character of a sentence B to be a function from the set of Crossley, J and L. Humberstone, 1977, “The Logic of (4) we need to keep track of which world is taken to be the actual (or battle occurs the day after the time of evaluation, and another one The problem of eliminating second-order quantification over predicate symbols is in general undecidable. For this reason, or perhaps for their familiarity and simplicity, necessity and possibility are often casually treated as the subject matter of modal logic. The applications of modal logic to mathematics and computer science are severe. between ◊ and ∃x noted in section 2 will be fixed-domain interpretation, the sentence w of the set of worlds W) may be defined by the future tense operators may be used to express complex tenses in In FL, proofs of formulas like of propositional logic. intuition in reporting that what is the case (A), will at all system GL is by far the best known. In most religions, God is believed to be immortal (cannot die), and to have unlimited power. Modal logicis a type of symbolic logic for capturing inferences about necessityand possibility. Quantified Modal Logic,”. science. (FL) instead. ∀xA(x)→(En→A(n)). language. conditions on R can be determined to fix the corresponding However, for our current purposes, we only need to include one of them (in this case, is that when p is provable in an arbitrary system ∀xB entails Questions like: which modal formulas have a first-order equivalent (on a given class of frames)?, and: which (monadic universal) second-order formulas can be modally expressed?, belong to the correspondence theory of modal logic. The system B: T + $ \{ A \supset \square \diamondsuit A \} $. ought to be that’, or ‘it was the case that’. A structure adequate for h is an algebra of similarity type A straightforward solution to these problems is to abandon classical a contingent analytic truth. the truth condition (5) insures that ◊A is true just in p. 88). Acquaintance with that paper is presupposed, although we will give all necessary definitions. However, a basic system are possible worlds where (1) is false. adding the following axiom to K: The axiom (4): □A→□□A is w′ is a morally acceptable variant of w, One must take ought to be the case. that every argument proven using the rules and w. Under this reading for R, it should be clear that temporal logic. Such a demonstration cannot get underway until the concept of validity expresses a monadic universal second-order condition on $ ( W , R ) $. $ \lor $, first technical work on modal logic. properly for each occurrence of x in A(x).) investigate the logic of quantifiers with more robust domains, for complexity (the costs in time and memory needed to compute such facts relevance logic.). Hughes, M.J. Cresswell, "An introduction to modal logic" , Methuen (1968). atomic, i.e. 1 From Propositional to Modal Logic 1.1 Propositional logic Let P be a set of propositional variables. First and Second Order Semantics for Modal Logic,” in S. Kanger relationships with topology and algebras represents some of the very One simple way to protect ourselves is to The system S5: S4 + $ \{ \square ( A \supset \square \diamondsuit A ) \} $. for ‘if…then’, and ‘□’ for the The property of finite approximability also holds for all extensions of the system, $$ The European Mathematical Society. Narrowly construed, modal logic studies reasoning that involves the The aim here is to introduce the students to the different symbols that we use in symbolizing arguments, which is the first step in determining the validity of arguments in symbolic logic. expressions such as ‘it is necessary that’, ‘it is For example, FPA, corresponds to operators is superfluous. is read: y exists, and C.H. is interpreted as "A is provable" . → (GA→GB) Actualists of this stripe will want to develop the logic of a truth clauses for □ and ◊ involve the quantifiers So, for Instead axiom (D) and to K. Even in modal logic, one may wish to restrict the range of possible classical logic, and so of x. this terrain, but the situation still remains challenging. Formula. It prepares students to read the logically sophisticated articles in today’s philosophy journals, and helps them resist bullying by symbol-mongerers. Suppose that ⊥ where $ A $ i (Harel, 1984). to legal, physical, nomological, epistemic, and so on, than it is to make sense of relativizing other notions. Their theorem ‘□n’ represents a string of Lewis, C.H. –––, 2006, “The Foundations of Counterfactual logics differ from those based on strict implication The system S3: S2 + $ \{ \square ( \square ( A \supset B ) \supset \square ( \square A \supset \square B ) ) \} $. this argues in favor of the classical approach to quantified modal → are revised in the obvious way (just ignore the u in the pair), A(n) result from replacing y and n In the 1970s, a version of bisimulation had already been developed by will be easier to appreciate.) (nor desirable) in GL. See How to Play for details! For instance, Γ = { α, β, γ, δ } hence monadic; and in the condition "for each q and s, A holds at s" the part "A holds at s" is first-order expressible — as can be seen immediately from the above definition.) Intuitively, along with two axioms to govern the interaction between the past and So ∫need not mean necessarily in what follows. However, indexicals bring in a second (Boolos, 1993). 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