$T\vDash\psi$ means $T$ satifies $\psi$ from Tarski's definition of truth, it simply means that the sentence $\psi$ is valid in $M$. I call a sentence $\psi $ universally if it is valid in every structure, i.e $\emptyset\vDash \psi$
In my logic book there are two equivalences, which are intuitively clear to me, but I do not know how to prove them formally.
- $T\vDash\psi$ if and only if $T\cup\{\neg\psi\}$ has no model.
- If $T=\{\phi_1,\dots,\phi_n\}$ is a set of finite sentences, then $T\vDash \psi$ is equivalent that $(\phi_1\wedge \dots \wedge\phi_n)\rightarrow\psi$ is universally.
For (1) I think it has to something with the allocation $\beta:\{\phi\mid \phi \mbox{ is a $\sigma$-formula}\}\rightarrow \{0,1\}$ where $\sigma$ is the signature for $M$. A $\sigma$-sentence $\phi$ in a $\sigma$-structure $M$ is valid if for one (therefore for every) allocation $\beta$: $\beta(\phi)=1$
For (2) I have no idea.
Just chase the definitions. For (1)
says that
which is trivially equivalent to
which is in turn trivially equivalent to
For (2)
says that
which (given the truth-table for $\land$) is trivially equivalent to
which (given the truth-table for $\to$) is trivially equivalent to