Sheaves, Games, and Model Completions: A Categorical Approach to Nonclassical Propositional Logics / Edition 1

by Silvio Ghilardi, M. Zawadowski

Overview

This book is an example of fruitful interaction between (non-classical) propo­ sitionallogics and (classical) model theory which was made possible due to categorical logic. Its main aim consists in investigating the existence of model­ completions for equational theories arising from propositional logics (such as the theory of Heyting algebras and various kinds of theories related to proposi­ tional modal logic ). The existence of model-completions turns out to be related to proof-theoretic facts concerning interpretability of second order propositional logic into ordinary propositional logic through the so-called 'Pitts' quantifiers' or 'bisimulation quantifiers'. On the other hand, the book develops a large number of topics concerning the categorical structure of finitely presented al­ gebras, with related applications to propositional logics, both standard (like Beth's theorems) and new (like effectiveness of internal equivalence relations, projectivity and definability of dual connectives such as difference). A special emphasis is put on sheaf representation, showing that much of the nice categor­ ical structure of finitely presented algebras is in fact only a restriction of natural structure in sheaves. Applications to the theory of classifying toposes are also covered, yielding new examples. The book has to be considered mainly as a research book, reporting recent and often completely new results in the field; we believe it can also be fruitfully used as a complementary book for graduate courses in categorical and algebraic logic, universal algebra, model theory, and non-classical logics. 1.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402006609
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	07/31/2002
Series:	Trends in Logic , #14
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	245
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Preliminary Notions.- 3. Model Completions.- 4. Heyting Algebras.- 5. Duality for Modal Algebras.- 6. Model Completions in Modal Logic.- 7. Algebraically Closed Models.- 8. Open Problems.- 9. Appendix.- References.- Glossary of Notation.