Inquisitive Action Logic

We introduce inquisitive action logic, InqAL, a multi-agent modal logic for reasoning about action.While traditional approaches focus on what properties of the outcome an agent can force, InqAL also captures what aspects of the outcome an agent determines through their actions.As we argue, such claims of agentive determination are naturally analyzed as modal claims involving questions.Technically, InqAL is a multi-agent extension of inquisitive neighborhood logic [12] based on concurrent game structures.With respect to statements, it is expressively equivalent to the individualagent fragment of the socially friendly coalition logic recently proposed by Goranko and Enqvist [20].We present an axiomatization of InqAL and prove completeness and decidability via the finite model property.Along the way, we establish a representation theorem for actual effectivity functions, associating to an agent the sets of outcomes corresponding to their possible actions; we give exact conditions under which a multi-agent neighborhood frame arises from a concurrent game structure.

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Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
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2026-06-28
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https://doi.org/10.4204/eptcs.447.13
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Philosophy and Theoretical Science
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Inquisitive Action Logic

Ivano Ciardelli
Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
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Inquisitive Action Logic

Ivano Ciardelli
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Abstract

We introduce inquisitive action logic, InqAL, a multi-agent modal logic for reasoning about action.While traditional approaches focus on what properties of the outcome an agent can force, InqAL also captures what aspects of the outcome an agent determines through their actions.As we argue, such claims of agentive determination are naturally analyzed as modal claims involving questions.Technically, InqAL is a multi-agent extension of inquisitive neighborhood logic [12] based on concurrent game structures.With respect to statements, it is expressively equivalent to the individualagent fragment of the socially friendly coalition logic recently proposed by Goranko and Enqvist [20].We present an axiomatization of InqAL and prove completeness and decidability via the finite model property.Along the way, we establish a representation theorem for actual effectivity functions, associating to an agent the sets of outcomes corresponding to their possible actions; we give exact conditions under which a multi-agent neighborhood frame arises from a concurrent game structure.

Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer ScienceVol. 447
University of Padua (IT)
HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme
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Openalex Percentile: Top 5%
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
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