Positive modal logic beyond distributivity

Abstract

We develop a duality for (modal) lattices that need not be distributive, and use it to study positive (modal) logic beyond distributivity, which we call weak positive (modal) logic. This duality builds on the Hofmann, Mislove and Stralka duality for meet-semilattices. We introduce the notion of ${\Pi }_1$-persistence and show that every weak positive modal logic is ${\Pi }_1$-persistent. This approach leads to a new relational semantics for weak positive modal logic, for which we prove an analogue of Sahlqvist's correspondence result.¹