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In the first part of the paper it is proved that there exists a one–one mapping between a minimal contingential logic extended with a suitable axiom for a propositional constant τ, named KΔτw, and a logic of necessity \({K\square \tau{w}}\) whose language contains \({\square}\) and τ. The form of the proposed translation aims at giving a solution to a problem which was left open in a preceding paper. It is then shown that the presence of τ in the language of KΔτw allows for the definition, in terms of the non-contingency operator Δ, not only of \({\square}\) but of a second necessity operator O. It is observed that this fact opens the road to an investigation of the τ-free multimodal fragments of KΔτw.
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Pizzi, C. Relative Contingency and Bimodality. Log. Univers. 7, 113–123 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11787-012-0071-8
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