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A possibility of defining logical constants within abstract logical frameworks is discussed, in relation to abstract definition of logical consequence. We propose using duals as a general method of applying the idea of invariance under replacement as a criterion for logicality.

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Correspondence to Tin Perkov.

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This work has been supported by Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ) under the Project UIP-05-2017-9219. The paper was awarded the 1st Georgius Benignus Logic Prize (Croatia) and was presented at the universal logic contest at UNILOG 2018 in Vichy. I am grateful to Srećko Kovač for valuable comments and a correction.

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Perkov, T. Abstract Logical Constants. Log. Univers. 12, 341–350 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11787-018-0206-7

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