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Variations on the Ramsey test: More triviality results

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The purpose of this note is to formulate some weaker versions of the so called Ramsey test that do not entail the following unacceptable consequence

If A and C are already accepted in K, then “if A, then C” is also accepted in K. and to show that these versions still lead to the same triviality result when combined with a preservation criterion.

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  1. Department of Philosophy Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, 2600, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    Peter Gärdenfors

  2. Institute of Philosophy, Lund University, S-22350, Lund, Sweden

    Peter Gärdenfors

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Gärdenfors, P. Variations on the Ramsey test: More triviality results. Stud Logica 46, 321–327 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00370643

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