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On sequents of $\Sigma$ formulas

Logic 2017-07-25 v4

Abstract

We investigate the position that foundational theories should be modelled on ordinary computability. In this context, we investigate the metamathematics of Σ\Sigma formulas. We consider theories whose axioms are implications between Σ\Sigma formulas, and we show that arbitrarily strong such theories prove their own correctness. We also show that a natural extension of such a theory proves the validity of intuitionistic reasoning for that theory. Finally, we show the equivalence of two completeness principles appropriate to a potentialist conception of the universe of sets.

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@article{arxiv.1704.08155,
  title  = {On sequents of $\Sigma$ formulas},
  author = {Andre Kornell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.08155},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

42 pages, 7 figures; section 12 rewritten, other expository changes

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