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The semantic conception of proof

Logic 2013-12-13 v2 History and Overview

Abstract

We analyze the informal semantic conception of proof and axiomatize the proof relation and the provability operator. A self referential propositional calculus which admits provable liar type sentences is introduced and proven consistent. We also investigate the problem of interpreting arbitrary formal systems in systems which include a provability operator.

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@article{arxiv.1112.6126,
  title  = {The semantic conception of proof},
  author = {Nik Weaver},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.6126},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

reworked the treatment of quantification

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