A completeness-proof method for extensions of the implicational fragment of the propositional calculus
A completeness-proof method for extensions of the implicational fragment of the propositional calculus
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命题演算蕴涵片段扩展的完备性证明方法
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10.1305/ndjfl/1093883174
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1980
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D. Batens
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D. Batens
The traditional proof that the classical propositional calculus (PC) is strongly complete (i.e., if a. t= A, then a h A) is based on the notion of a maximal consistent set of formulas, and hence on certain properties of strong (i.e., PC-)negation. In this paper* I present a completeness-proof method which does not refer to maximal consistent sets, but only to sets which are: (i) nontrivial (not all formulas are members), (ii) deductively closed (all syntactical consequences are members), and (iii) implication saturated (for all B, A D B is a member if A is not a member). If this proof method is applied to logics that contain strong negation, the sets turn out to be consistent with respect to strong negation. I shall first apply the proof method to a specific extension of the implicational fragment of PC, and next show that it also applies to the implicational fragment itself and to a large number of logics that are extensions of the implicational fragment. If such a logic is characterized by a semantics, the articulation of an axiomatic system is straightforward (in view of the proof method) and vice versa. The completeness-proof method is especially fit for paraconsistent logics that are based on material implication (see [1M6]). 1 Paraconsistent logics are logics according to which at least some inconsistent theories are nontrivial (some sentences of the language are not derivable from the axioms of the *I am indebted to the referee and especially to the editor. As a consequence of their remarks, the presentation of this paper has been essentially improved.