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2007 The Fact Semantics for Ramified Type Theory and the Axiom of Reducibility
Edwin D. Mares
Notre Dame J. Formal Logic 48(2): 237-251 (2007). DOI: 10.1305/ndjfl/1179323266

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This paper uses an atomistic ontology of universals, individuals, and facts to provide a semantics for ramified type theory. It is shown that with some natural constraints on the sort of universals and facts admitted into a model, the axiom of reducibility is made valid.

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Edwin D. Mares. "The Fact Semantics for Ramified Type Theory and the Axiom of Reducibility." Notre Dame J. Formal Logic 48 (2) 237 - 251, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1305/ndjfl/1179323266

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Published: 2007
First available in Project Euclid: 16 May 2007

zbMATH: 1137.03004
MathSciNet: MR2306395
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1305/ndjfl/1179323266

Subjects:
Primary: 03B15 , 03C85

Keywords: Bertrand Russell , higher-order logic , logicism

Rights: Copyright © 2007 University of Notre Dame

Vol.48 • No. 2 • 2007
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