Partial Model Theory -- Ultraproducts and Compactness

Abstract

In the present paper we prove the compactness theorem with respect to partial structures and quasi-truth, using the technique of ultraproducts. Partial structures and quasi-truth are two notions developed within the partial structures approach, which is a philosophical conception that emerged in the context of contemporary philosophy of science. Nevertheless, the notions developed within this conception, in particular the two mentioned, have a model-theoretic content that has not been explored so far, so that this paper is part of a project where we intend to analyze their formal properties by means of the development of a partial model theory, which is an extension of traditional model theory to partial structures.