Institutional model theory

In mathematical logic, institutional model theory generalizes a large portion of first-order model theory to an arbitrary logical system.

This page is about the concept in mathematical logic. For the concepts in sociology, see Institutional theory and Institutional logic.

Overview

The notion of "logical system" here is formalized as an institution. Institutions constitute a model-oriented meta-theory on logical systems similar to how the theory of rings and modules constitute a meta-theory for classical linear algebra. Another analogy can be made with universal algebra versus groups, rings, modules etc. By abstracting away from the realities of the actual conventional logics, it can be noticed that institution theory comes in fact closer to the realities of non-conventional logics.

Institutional model theory analyzes and generalizes classical model-theoretic notions and results, like

For each concept and theorem, the infrastructure and properties required are analyzed and formulated as conditions on institutions, thus providing a detailed insight on which properties of first-order logic they rely and how much they can be generalized to other logics.

Further reading
  • Razvan Diaconescu: Institution-Independent Model Theory. Birkhäuser, 2008. ISBN 978-3-7643-8707-5.
  • Razvan Diaconescu: Jewels of Institution-Independent Model Theory. In: K. Futatsugi, J.-P. Jouannaud, J. Meseguer (eds.): Algebra, Meaning and Computation. Essays Dedicated to Joseph A. Goguen on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4060, p. 65-98, Springer-Verlag, 2006.
  • Marius Petria and Rãzvan Diaconescu: Abstract Beth definability in institutions. Journal of Symbolic Logic 71(3), p. 1002-1028, 2006.
  • Daniel Gǎinǎ and Andrei Popescu: An institution-independent generalisation of Tarski's elementary chain theorem, Journal of Logic and Computation 16(6), p. 713-735, 2006.
  • Till Mossakowski, Joseph Goguen, Rãzvan Diaconescu, Andrzej Tarlecki: What is a Logic?. In Jean-Yves Beziau, editor, Logica Universalis, pages 113-133. Birkhauser, 2005.
  • Andrzej Tarlecki: Quasi-varieties in abstract algebraic institutions. Journal of Computer and System Sciences 33(3), p. 333-360, 1986.
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