Basic Propositional Calculus I

We present an axiomatization for Basic Propositional Calculus BPC and give a completeness theorem for the class of transitive Kripke structures. We present several refinements, including a completeness theorem for irreflexive trees. The class of intermediate logics includes two maximal nodes, one being Classical Propositional Calculus CPC, the other being E₁, a theory axiomatized by T → ⊥. The intersection CPC ∩ E₁ is axiomatizable by the Principle of the Excluded Middle A V ∨ ?A. If B is a formula such that (T → B) → B is not derivable, then the lattice of formulas built from one propositional variable p using only the binary connectives, is isomorphically preserved if B is substituted for p. A formula (T → B) → B is derivable exactly when B is provably equivalent to a formula of the form ((T → A) → A) → (T → A).