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The Intuitionistic Meaning of Logical Constants and Fallible Models

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Part of the book series: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science ((LEUS,volume 42))

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In this chapter, the problem of the failure of completeness of first-order predicate logic in an intuitionistic metamathematics is discussed and the philosophical significance of fallible models is analysed.

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Martino, E. (2018). The Intuitionistic Meaning of Logical Constants and Fallible Models. In: Intuitionistic Proof Versus Classical Truth. Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, vol 42. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74357-8_15

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