TY - GEN
T1 - Strong completeness of coalgebraic modal logics
AU - Schröder, Lutz
AU - Pattinson, Dirk
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Canonical models are of central importance in modal logic, in particular as they witness strong completeness and hence compactness. While the canonical model construction is well understood for Kripke semantics, non-normal modal logics often present subtle difficulties - up to the point that canonical models may fail to exist, as is the case e.g. in most probabilistic logics. Here, we present a generic canonical model construction in the semantic framework of coalgebraic modal logic, which pinpoints coherence conditions between syntax and semantics of modal logics that guarantee strong completeness. We apply this method to reconstruct canonical model theorems that are either known or folklore, and moreover instantiate our method to obtain new strong completeness results. In particular, we prove strong completeness of graded modal logic with finite multiplicities, and of the modal logic of exact probabilities.
AB - Canonical models are of central importance in modal logic, in particular as they witness strong completeness and hence compactness. While the canonical model construction is well understood for Kripke semantics, non-normal modal logics often present subtle difficulties - up to the point that canonical models may fail to exist, as is the case e.g. in most probabilistic logics. Here, we present a generic canonical model construction in the semantic framework of coalgebraic modal logic, which pinpoints coherence conditions between syntax and semantics of modal logics that guarantee strong completeness. We apply this method to reconstruct canonical model theorems that are either known or folklore, and moreover instantiate our method to obtain new strong completeness results. In particular, we prove strong completeness of graded modal logic with finite multiplicities, and of the modal logic of exact probabilities.
KW - Coalgebra
KW - Deduction
KW - Logic in computer science
KW - Modal logic
KW - Semantics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84865586907&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9783939897095
T3 - Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs
SP - 673
EP - 684
BT - STACS 2009 - 26th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science
T2 - 26th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, STACS 2009
Y2 - 26 February 2009 through 28 February 2009
ER -