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Main Author: Pezlar, Ivo
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.14481
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contents We introduce a simple natural deduction system for reasoning with judgments of the form "there exists a proof of $φ$" to explore the notion of judgmental existence following Martin-Löf's methodology of distinguishing between judgments and propositions. In this system, the existential judgment can be internalized into a modal notion of propositional existence that is closely related to truncation modality, a key tool for obtaining proof irrelevance, and lax modality. We provide a computational interpretation in the style of the Curry-Howard isomorphism for the existence modality and show that the corresponding system has some desirable properties such as strong normalization or subject reduction.
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spellingShingle A logic of judgmental existence and its relation to proof irrelevance
Pezlar, Ivo
Logic in Computer Science
Logic
We introduce a simple natural deduction system for reasoning with judgments of the form "there exists a proof of $φ$" to explore the notion of judgmental existence following Martin-Löf's methodology of distinguishing between judgments and propositions. In this system, the existential judgment can be internalized into a modal notion of propositional existence that is closely related to truncation modality, a key tool for obtaining proof irrelevance, and lax modality. We provide a computational interpretation in the style of the Curry-Howard isomorphism for the existence modality and show that the corresponding system has some desirable properties such as strong normalization or subject reduction.
title A logic of judgmental existence and its relation to proof irrelevance
topic Logic in Computer Science
Logic
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.14481