A constructive formulation of Gleason's theorem

Journal of Philosophical Logic 26 (6):661-670 (1997)
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In this paper I wish to show that we can give a statement of a restricted form of Gleason's Theorem that is classically equivalent to the standard formulation, but that avoids the counterexample that Hellman gives in "Gleason's Theorem is not Constructively Provable"

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