Abstract

This master’s thesis presents a number of important concepts in logic such as models, entailment, and proof calculi within the framework of category theory. By describing these concepts as categories, a tremendous amount of generality and power is gained. In particular, this approach makes it possible to reason about maps from one logic to another in a consistent and convenient manner. By a consistent map is meant that the truth stays invariant, that is, a statement true in the source logic is mapped to a similarly true statement in the target logic. Conversely, a statement false in the source logic is mapped to a statement false in the target logic. While the thesis focuses on the theoretical notions outlined above, a brief coverage of two practical applications is given as a means to illustrate the utility of these notions. Concluding the text is a chapter containing a discussion and a section wherein possible future work is presented. In an effort to make the text mostly self-contained, concepts beyond basic discrete mathematics are duly introduced with definitions and examples. These include, for

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