Accessibility relations #
Accessibility relation derived from a modal base.
kratzerR f w w' iff w' satisfies all propositions in f(w),
i.e., w' ∈ ⋂f(w) in Kratzer's notation.
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- Semantics.Modality.Kratzer.kratzerR f w w' = ∀ p ∈ f w, p w'
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Accessibility restricted to best worlds (modal base + ordering source).
kratzerBestR f g w w' iff w' is among the best accessible worlds
from w — accessible via f and maximal under the g(w)-ordering.
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- Semantics.Modality.Kratzer.kratzerBestR f g w w' = (w' ∈ Semantics.Modality.Kratzer.bestWorlds f g w)
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With the empty ordering source, best-world accessibility reduces to base accessibility.
Operators #
Simple f-necessity: p holds at every accessible world.
⟦must⟧_f(p)(w) = ∀w' ∈ ⋂f(w). p(w').
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Simple f-possibility: p holds at some accessible world.
⟦can⟧_f(p)(w) = ∃w' ∈ ⋂f(w). p(w').
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Necessity with ordering: p holds at every best world.
⟦must⟧_{f,g}(p)(w) = ∀w' ∈ Best(f,g,w). p(w').
Adopts the Limit-Assumption-collapsed form.
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Possibility with ordering: p holds at some best world.
⟦can⟧_{f,g}(p)(w) = ∃w' ∈ Best(f,g,w). p(w').
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Characterization lemmas #
Necessity with an empty ordering source collapses to simple necessity.
A realistic modal base gives reflexive accessibility.
Realistic base: the evaluation world is itself accessible.
Realistic ⟹ serial.
Empty modal base gives universal accessibility.
Modal axioms (from RestrictedModality) #
Modal duality: □p ↔ ¬◇¬p. Since necessity = box (kratzerBestR f g),
this is the box–diamond duality of the modal square of opposition
(Core.Logic.Modal.modalSquare_relations).
K (Distribution): □(p → q) → □p → □q.
Totally realistic base: simple T holds for full necessity.
Conditionals as modal-base restriction #
"If α, must β" is must_{f + α} β: prepend the antecedent to the modal base.
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- Semantics.Modality.Kratzer.restrictedBase f antecedent w = antecedent :: f w