On the Definability of Leśniewski’s Copula ‘is’ in Some Ontology-Like Theories

Marcin Łyczak; Andrzej Pietruszczak

Bulletin of the Section of Logic (2018)

  • Volume: 47, Issue: 4
  • ISSN: 0138-0680

Abstract

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We formulate a certain subtheory of Ishimoto’s [1] quantifier-free fragment of Leśniewski’s ontology, and show that Ishimoto’s theory can be reconstructed in it. Using an epimorphism theorem we prove that our theory is complete with respect to a suitable set-theoretic interpretation. Furthermore, we introduce the name constant 1 (which corresponds to the universal name ‘object’) and we prove its adequacy with respect to the set-theoretic interpretation (again using an epimorphism theorem). Ishimoto’s theory enriched by the constant 1 is also reconstructed in our formalism with into which 1 has been introduced. Finally we examine for both our theories their quantifier extensions and their connections with Leśniewski’s classical quantified ontology.

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Marcin Łyczak, and Andrzej Pietruszczak. "On the Definability of Leśniewski’s Copula ‘is’ in Some Ontology-Like Theories." Bulletin of the Section of Logic 47.4 (2018): null. <http://eudml.org/doc/295579>.

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