Logical Grounding: The Case of “ if‐then‐else”

Theoria 87 (5):1175-1192 (2021)
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The paper proposes grounding the ternary connective “if … then … else” (classically interpreted), thus far not considered in the logical grounding literature. In doing so, a new kind of plural grounding, called collective immediate grounding, is proposed as more adequate than the traditional complete immediate grounding in avoiding redundancy. The approach is proof‐theoretic.

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Nissim Francez
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

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