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RULES FOR SUBATOMIC DERIVATION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2010

BARTOSZ WIĘCKOWSKI
BARTOSZ WIĘCKOWSKI*
Affiliation:
Universität Tübingen
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*UNIVERSITÄT TÜBINGEN, WILHELM-SCHICKARD-INSTITUT, SAND 13, 72076 TÜBINGEN, GERMANY, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

In proof-theoretic semantics the meaning of an atomic sentence is usually determined by a set of derivations in an atomic system which contain that sentence as a conclusion (see, in particular, Prawitz, 1971, 1973). The paper critically discusses this standard approach and suggests an alternative account which proceeds in terms of subatomic introduction and elimination rules for atomic sentences. A simple subatomic normal form theorem by which this account of the semantics of atomic sentences and the terms from which they are composed is underpinned, shows moreover that the proof-theoretic analysis of first-order logic can be pursued also beneath the atomic level.

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Research Article
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The Review of Symbolic Logic , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , June 2011 , pp. 219 - 236
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Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 2010

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