In this work formal systems suitable for the development of a model of inquiry are investigated. We append to a sequent-version of a tableau deductive system new rules for adding formulas to a tableau construction which represent the acquisition of information concerning a given model of the initial premises. These rules may be thought of as enabling an inquirer to ask questions of a source of information about the model. / We begin by showing how the derivability relation for various of the resulting systems is related to derivability in standard deductive systems. We next look at the way these so-called interrogative systems differ from deductive systems with respect to the basic metatheoretical properties: soundness, completeness, transitivity, etc. We finally begin the development of a theory of interrogative definability, or identifiability. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-09, Section: A, page: 3103. / Major Professor: Jaakko Hintikka. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78295 |
| Contributors | Harris, Stephen Raymond., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 146 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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