Daniel Skurt | Searcharxiv

arXiv2026

Modal Extensions of CLoN with Bi-neighborhood Semantics

In this paper we will present neighborhood semantics for non-normal modal extensions of $\clon$, which is a sublogic of {\sf FDE}. Our framework is built upon earlier work on {\sf FDE}-based non-normal modal logics and employs two different neighborhood functions for each modal operator. Despite being a logic with a very weak negation operator, we will show that with the right definition of the rejection sets of the modal operators, we can validate non-trivial axioms that contain the weak negation operator. The philosophical aim of our approach is to construct the basis for deontic logics that are able to accommodate both the usual deontic principles and moral dilemmas, without resulting in trivialization of the system.

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arXiv2024

Modal Logics -- RNmatrices vs. Nmatrices

In this short paper we will discuss the similarities and differences between two semantic approaches to modal logics - non-deterministic semantics and restricted non-deterministic semantics. Generally speaking, both kinds of semantics are similar in the sense that they employ non-deterministic matrices as a starting point but differ significantly in the way extensions of the minimal modal logic M are constructed. Both kinds of semantics are many-valued and truth-values are typically expressed in terms of tuples of 0s and 1s, where each dimension of the tuple represents either truth/falsity, possibility/non-possibility, necessity/non-necessity etc. And while non-deterministic semantics for modal logic offers an intuitive interpretation of the truth-values and the concept of modality, with restricted non-deterministic semantics are more general in terms of providing extensions of M, including normal ones, in an uniform way. On the example of three modal logics, MK, MKT and MKT4, we will show the differences and similarities of those two approaches. Additionally, we will briefly discuss (current) restrictions of both approaches.

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