Adding a constant and an axiom to a doctrine

We study the meaning of “adding a constant to a language” for any doctrine, and “adding an axiom to a theory” for a primary doctrine, by showing how these are actually two instances of the same construction. We prove their universal properties, and how these constructions are compatible with additio...

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Published inMathematical logic quarterly Vol. 70; no. 3; pp. 294 - 332
Main Author Guffanti, Francesca
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.08.2024
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Summary:We study the meaning of “adding a constant to a language” for any doctrine, and “adding an axiom to a theory” for a primary doctrine, by showing how these are actually two instances of the same construction. We prove their universal properties, and how these constructions are compatible with additional structure on the doctrine. Existence of Kleisli object for comonads in the 2‐category of indexed poset is proved in order to build these constructions.
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ISSN:0942-5616
1521-3870
DOI:10.1002/malq.202300053