Validity of inferences and validity of demonstrations.

The lecture spells out the difference between the validity of inference (‐figure)s and validity applied to demonstrations ('proof acts'). The latter notion is not an ordinary characterizing one; in Brentano's terminology it is a modifying one. A demonstration lacking validity is not a real demonstra...

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Published in:	Theoria: A Swedish Journal of Philosophy Vol. 90; no. 5; pp. 459 - 479
Main Author:	Sundholm, Göran
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Oct2024
Subjects:	Inference (Logic) History of philosophy Assertions (Logic) Language & languages Prawitz, Dag
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