Axiomatization of an Orthologic of Indeterminacy

Samuel C. Fletcher, David E. Taylor

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Abstract

Recently, we (Synthese, 199(5–6):13247–13281, 2021) proposed Kripke-like semantics for two quantum logics of interderminacy. These logics expand the vocabulary of standard Birkhoff-von Neumann propositional quantum logic with a pair of modal operators interpreted as “it is (in)determinate that”, allowing them to express in the object language statements such as “it is indeterminate that system S is spin-up in the x-direction”, as well as statements of any logical complexity involving ascriptions of (in)determinacy. We present an axiomatization of a logic closely related to one of these quantum logics of indeterminacy and prove that this axiomatization is sound and complete with respect to the Kripke-like semantics. We then prove that this logic is decidable.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1441-1462
Number of pages22
JournalJournal of Philosophical Logic
Volume53
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2024

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Keywords

  • Axiomatization
  • Indeterminacy
  • Modal logic
  • Quantum logic

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