Axiomatic Rejection for the Propositional Fragment of Le\'{s}niewski's Ontology

Abstract

A Hilbert-type axiomatic rejection $\mathbf{HAR}$ for the propositional fragment $\mathbf{L_1}$ of Le\'{s}niewski's ontology is proposed. Also a Gentzen-type axiomatic rejection $\mathbf{GAR}$ of $\mathbf{L_1}$ is proposed. Models for $\mathbf{L_1}$ are introduced. By axiomatic rejection, Ishimoto's embedding theorem will be proved. One of our main theorems is: \noindent \textsc{Theorem} \rm (Main Theorem) \it $\vdash_T A \enspace \Longleftrightarrow \enspace \vdash_H \enspace A$ $\enspace \enspace \enspace \enspace \enspace \enspace \Longleftrightarrow \enspace TA \enspace \mbox{is valid in first-order predicate logic with equality}$ $\enspace \enspace \enspace \enspace \enspace \enspace \Longleftrightarrow \enspace not \dashv_H A.$ \noindent where $\vdash_T A$ means that $A$ is provable in the tableau method of $\mathbf{L_1}$, while $\vdash_H A$ means that $A$ is provable in the Hilbert-type $\mathbf{L_1}$. \rm \smallskip In the last section, as the chracterization theorem, we shall show the theorem which contains six equivalent statements with the cut elimination theorem etc.