Qiana: A First-Order Formalism to Quantify over Contexts and Formulas
We introduce Qiana, a logic framework for reasoning on formulas that are true only in specific contexts. In Qiana, it is possible to quantify over both formulas and contexts to express, e.g., that ``everyone knows everything Alice says''. Qiana also permits paraconsistent logics within contexts, so that contexts can contain contradictions. Furthermore, Qiana is based on first-order logic, and is finitely axiomatizable, so that Qiana theories are compatible with pre-existing first-order logic theorem provers.
Authors
- Fabian M. Suchanek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7189-2796)
- Simon Coumes
- François Schwarzentruber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1228-4333)
- Pierre-Henri Paris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9665-1187)
Institutions
- Télécom Paris (FR)
- École Normale Supérieure de Rennes (FR)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.24963/kr.2024/28
- Primary Topic
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00