NH - Paraconsistent Hybrid Logic

NH is a three-valued predicate logic with values T, F, and B. It is the glutty dual of MH.


Semantics

Truth Values

Common labels for the values include:

T

1

just true

B

0.5

both true and false

F

0

just false

Designated Values

The set of designated values for NH is: { T, B }

Truth Tables

The value of a sentence with a truth-functional operator is determined by the values of its operands according to the following tables.

Negation
¬
T F
B B
F T
Conjunction
T B F
T T B F
B B T F
F F F F
Disjunction
T B F
T T T T
B T B B
F T B F
Conditional
T B F
T T T F
B T T F
F T T T

Defined Operators

The Biconditional , in turn, is defined in the usual way:

A ↔ B \(:=\) (A → B) ∧ (B → A)
Biconditional
T B F
T T T F
B T T F
F F F T

The Material Conditional is definable in terms of disjunction:

A ⊃ B \(:=\) ¬A ∨ B

Likewise the Material Biconditional is defined in terms of and :

A ≡ B \(:=\) (A ⊃ B) ∧ (B ⊃ A)
Material Conditional
T B F
T T B F
B T B B
F T T T
Material Biconditional
T B F
T T B F
B B T B
F F B T

Compatibility Tables

NH does not have a separate Assertion operator, but we include a table and rules for it, for cross-compatibility.

Assertion
T T
B B
F F

Predication

A sentence with predicate P with parameters \(\langle a_0, ... ,a_n\rangle\) is assigned a value as follows:

  • T iff \(\langle a_0, ... ,a_n\rangle\) is in the extension of P and not in the

    anti-extension of P.

  • F iff \(\langle a_0, ... ,a_n\rangle\) is in the anti-extension of P and not

    in the extension of P.

  • B iff \(\langle a_0, ... ,a_n\rangle\) is in both the extension and anti-extension

    of P.

Consequence

Logical Consequence is defined in terms of the set of designated values { T, B }:

Logical Consequence

C is a Logical Consequence of A iff all models where A has a desginated value are models where C also has a designated value.

Tableaux

NH tableaux are built similary to FDE.

Nodes

Nodes for many-value tableaux consiste of a sentence plus a designation marker: ⊕ for designated, and ⊖ for undesignated.

Trunk

To build the trunk for an argument, add a designated node for each premise, and an undesignated node for the conclusion.

To build the trunk for the argument A1 ... AnB write:
A1
An
B

Closure

Gap Closure[source]
A
¬A
Designation Closure[source]
A
A

Rules

In general, rules for connectives consist of four rules per connective: a designated rule, an undesignated rule, a negated designated rule, and a negated undesignated rule. The special case of negation has a total of two rules which apply to double negation only, one designated rule, and one undesignated rule.

Operator Rules

¬ Rules
¬¬FDEDouble Negation Designated[source]
¬¬A
A
¬¬FDEDouble Negation Undesignated[source]
¬¬A
A
∧ Rules
FDEConjunction Designated[source]
A ∧ B
A
B
FDEConjunction Undesignated[source]
A ∧ B
A
B
¬Conjunction Negated Designated[source]
¬(A ∧ B)
A
B
A
¬A
¬B
B
¬B
¬A
¬Conjunction Negated Undesignated[source]
¬(A ∧ B)
¬A
¬B
A
¬A
B
¬B
∨ Rules
FDEDisjunction Designated[source]
A ∨ B
A
B
FDEDisjunction Undesignated[source]
A ∨ B
A
B
¬FDEDisjunction Negated Designated[source]
¬(A ∨ B)
¬A
¬B
¬FDEDisjunction Negated Undesignated[source]
¬(A ∨ B)
¬A
¬B
⊃ Rules
FDEMaterial Conditional Designated[source]
A ⊃ B
¬A
B
FDEMaterial Conditional Undesignated[source]
A ⊃ B
¬A
B
¬Material Conditional Negated Designated[source]
¬(A ⊃ B)
A
¬B
¬Material Conditional Negated Undesignated[source]
¬(A ⊃ B)
A
¬B
≡ Rules
MHMaterial Biconditional Designated[source]
A ≡ B
(A ⊃ B) ∧ (B ⊃ A)
MHMaterial Biconditional Undesignated[source]
A ≡ B
(A ⊃ B) ∧ (B ⊃ A)
¬MHMaterial Biconditional Negated Designated[source]
¬(A ≡ B)
¬((A ⊃ B) ∧ (B ⊃ A))
¬MHMaterial Biconditional Negated Undesignated[source]
¬(A ≡ B)
¬((A ⊃ B) ∧ (B ⊃ A))
→ Rules
MHConditional Designated[source]
A → B
A
B
MHConditional Undesignated[source]
A → B
A
B
¬MHConditional Negated Designated[source]
¬(A → B)
A
B
¬MHConditional Negated Undesignated[source]
¬(A → B)
A
B
↔ Rules
MHBiconditional Designated[source]
A ↔ B
(A → B) ∧ (B → A)
MHBiconditional Undesignated[source]
A ↔ B
(A → B) ∧ (B → A)
¬MHBiconditional Negated Designated[source]
¬(A ↔ B)
¬((A → B) ∧ (B → A))
¬MHBiconditional Negated Undesignated[source]
¬(A ↔ B)
¬((A → B) ∧ (B → A))

Compatibility Rules

⚬ Rules
FDEAssertion Designated[source]
⚬A
A
FDEAssertion Undesignated[source]
⚬A
A
¬FDEAssertion Negated Designated[source]
¬⚬A
¬A
¬FDEAssertion Negated Undesignated[source]
¬⚬A
¬A

Notes

References