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Medieval Theories of Consequence
Medieval Theories of Consequence

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[Revised entry by Catarina Dutilh Novaes and Milo Crimi on October 21, 2024.
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Latin medieval theories of consequence are systematic analyses by Latin medieval authors[1] of the logical relations between sentences[2], in particular the notions of entailment and valid inference, but also the semantics of conditionals. When does a sentence B follow from a sentence A? (For example, from ‘Every human is an animal’…

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