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7 - Theories of Entailment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2024

Edwin Mares
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Victoria University of Wellington
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This chapter generalizes the ideas given in the previous chapter. It sets out the notion of a model based on a set of theories. One of these theories is the logic itself. It is, so to speak, the correct theory of theories. It correctly states the principles under which all the theories (including itself) are closed. But each theory has associated with it a closure operator. Some of these operators get the principles of theory closure quite wrong in the sense that they do not apply correctly to every theory in the model. The interaction between these closure operators can be altered in various ways, giving rise to different logical systems. The resulting formal semantics can be represented in the manner of Kit Fine’s “Models for Entailment”.

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Print publication year: 2024

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  • Theories of Entailment
  • Edwin Mares, Victoria University of Wellington
  • Book: The Logic of Entailment and its History
  • Online publication: 08 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009375283.010
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  • Edwin Mares, Victoria University of Wellington
  • Book: The Logic of Entailment and its History
  • Online publication: 08 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009375283.010
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  • Theories of Entailment
  • Edwin Mares, Victoria University of Wellington
  • Book: The Logic of Entailment and its History
  • Online publication: 08 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009375283.010
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