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Weak and Strong Theories of Truth

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A subtheory of the theory of self-referential truth known as FS is shown to be weak as a theory of truth but equivalent to full FS in its proof-theoretic strength.

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Sheard, M. Weak and Strong Theories of Truth. Studia Logica 68, 89–101 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011902222652

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