Abstract
In this paper we re-examine the semantics of classical higher-order logic with the purpose of clarifying the role of extensionality. To reach this goal, we distinguish nine classes of higher-order models with respect to various combinations of Boolean extensionality and three forms of functional extensionality. Furthermore, we develop a methodology of abstract consistency methods (by providing the necessary model existence theorems) needed to analyze completeness of (machine-oriented) higher-order calculi with respect to these model classes.
Citation
Christoph Benzmüller. Chad E. Brown. Michael Kohlhase. "Higher-order semantics and extensionality." J. Symbolic Logic 69 (4) 1027 - 1088, December 2004. https://doi.org/10.2178/jsl/1102022211
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