[SCL] Suggestion for SCL extension module
John F. Sowa
sowa at bestweb.net
Wed Nov 5 19:22:02 CST 2003
Pat,
This is an interesting subject that we can discuss in January,
until then we have a more narrowly defined task to do.
>Summary: the set of modalities being considered is much more
>open-ended, eg cases where every program in a PL corresponds to a
>distinct modality. So we need a more open-ended syntax than we might
>have needed for Prior, Dunn and Kripke.
I'm not convinced. The reason why I have advocated a move
from Kripke's worlds to Dunn's laws and facts is that the
laws give us something more definite to work with. And to
the extent that we can specify a computer program by a set
of constraints, we can use those constraints as the laws
that define a Dunn-style modality.
But that is a topic for January.
John
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