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Multivalued Logic to Transform Potential into Actual Objects

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We define the notion of “potential existence” by starting from the fact that in multi-valued logic the existential quantifier is interpreted by the least upper bound operator. Besides, we try to define in a general way how to pass from potential into actual existence.

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    Giangiacomo Gerla

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Gerla, G. Multivalued Logic to Transform Potential into Actual Objects. Stud Logica 86, 69–87 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11225-007-9046-9

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