What do we know when we know that a theory is consistent?

  • Authors:
  • Gilles Dowek

  • Affiliations:
  • École polytechnique and INRIA, LIX, École polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, France

  • Venue:
  • CADE' 20 Proceedings of the 20th international conference on Automated Deduction
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Given a first-order theory and a proof that it is consistent, can we design a proof-search method for this theory that fails in finite time when it attempts to prove the formula ⊥?