Necessary truth and proof
What makes necessary truths true? I argue that all truth supervenes on how things are, and that necessary truths are no exception. What makes them true are proofs. But if so, the notion of proof needs to be generalized to include verification-transcendent proofs, proofs whose correctness exceeds our...
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
2010-06-01
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| Series: | Kriterion |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-512X2010000100003 |