Open AccessRelating Semantics for Epistemic Logic
Author(s) -
Alessandro Giordani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
logic and logical philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2300-9802
pISSN - 1425-3305
DOI - 10.12775/llp.2021.024
Subject(s) - epistemic modal logic , semantics (computer science) , computer science , focus (optics) , multimodal logic , interpretation (philosophy) , modal logic , modal , epistemology , normal modal logic , theoretical computer science , programming language , artificial intelligence , description logic , philosophy , chemistry , physics , polymer chemistry , optics
The aim of this paper is to explore the advantages deriving from the application of relating semantics in epistemic logic. As a first step, I will discuss two versions of relating semantics and how they can be differently exploited for studying modal and epistemic operators. Next, I consider several standard frameworks which are suitable for modelling knowledge and related notions, in both their implicit and their explicit form and present a simple strategy by virtue of which they can be associated with intuitive systems of relating logic. As a final step, I will focus on the logic of knowledge based on justification logic and show how relating semantics helps us to provide an elegant solution to some problems related to the standard interpretation of the explicit epistemic operators.