Applying Second-Order Quantifier Elimination in Inspecting G"odel's Ontological Proof
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Abstract (arXiv)
In recent years, G"odel's ontological proof and variations of it were formalized and analyzed with automated tools in various ways. We supplement these analyses with a modeling in an automated environment based on first-order logic extended by predicate quantification. Formula macros are used to structure complex formulas and tasks. The analysis is presented as a generated type-set document where informal explanations are interspersed with pretty-printed formulas and outputs of reasoners for first-order theorem proving and second-order quantifier elimination. Previously unnoticed or obscured aspects and details of G"odel's proof become apparent. Practical application possibilities of second-order quantifier elimination are shown and the encountered elimination tasks may serve as benchmarks.
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- 2020Facets of the PIE Environment for Proving, Interpolating and Eliminating on the Basis of First-Order Logiccited by 6
- 2013Formalization, Mechanization and Automation of G"odel's Proof of God's Existencecited by 5
- 2019Computer Science and Metaphysics: A Cross-Fertilizationcited by 2
- 2020A (Simplified) Supreme Being Necessarily Exists, says the Computer: Computationally Explored Variants of G"odel's Ontological Argumentcited by 2
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