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4 - Entailment and Relevance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2024

Edwin Mares
Edwin Mares
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Victoria University of Wellington
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This chapter introduces Anderson and Belnap’s natural deduction treatment of entailment and the idea that hypotheses in deductions should really be used in those deductions. The idea of real use motivates relevant logic and is a key idea in the chapters that follow. The chapter outlines the development of Fitch-style natural deduction systems and introduces the reader to them.

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Relevance LogicNatural DeductionAlan AndersonNuel BelnapEntailmentWilhelm Ackermann
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The Logic of Entailment and its History , pp. 70 - 95
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Entailment and Relevance
  • Edwin Mares, Victoria University of Wellington
  • Book: The Logic of Entailment and its History
  • Online publication: 08 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009375283.006
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  • Entailment and Relevance
  • Edwin Mares, Victoria University of Wellington
  • Book: The Logic of Entailment and its History
  • Online publication: 08 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009375283.006
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  • Entailment and Relevance
  • Edwin Mares, Victoria University of Wellington
  • Book: The Logic of Entailment and its History
  • Online publication: 08 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009375283.006
Available formats
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