A new proof of the McKinsey-Tarski Theorem

Authors
Publication date 12-2018
Journal Studia Logica
Volume | Issue number 106 | 6
Pages (from-to) 1291-1311
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics (KdVI)
  • Interfacultary Research - Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC)
Abstract It is a landmark theorem of McKinsey and Tarski that if we interpret modal diamond as closure (and hence modal box as interior), then S4 is the logic of any dense-in-itself metrizable space. The McKinsey–Tarski Theorem relies heavily on a metric that gives rise to the topology. We give a new and more topological proof of the theorem, utilizing Bing’s Metrization Theorem.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11225-018-9789-5
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