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Axiomatic Thinking, Identity of Proofs and the Quest for an Intensional Proof-Theoretic Semantics

In: Axiomatic Thinking I

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  • Peter Schroeder-Heister

    (University of Tübingen, Department of Computer Science)

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Starting from Hilbert’s Axiomatic Thinking, the problem of identity of proofs and its significance is discussed in an elementary proof-theoretic setting. Identifying two proofs, one of which is obtained from the other one by removing redundancies, leads, when used as a universal method, to a collapse of all proofs of a provable proposition into one single proof and thus trivialises proof identity. Principles of proof-theoretic harmony with restricted means of redundancy reduction might be used instead, though this limits one to a certain format of formal systems. The discussion of proof identity suggests the claim that annotations of proofs telling the reader which rule is applied at a particular step, must be considered part of the proof itself. As a general perspective, it is advocated that the investigation of intensional aspects of proofs should be given more space in proof theory and proof-theoretic semantics.

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  • Peter Schroeder-Heister, 2022. "Axiomatic Thinking, Identity of Proofs and the Quest for an Intensional Proof-Theoretic Semantics," Springer Books, in: Fernando Ferreira & Reinhard Kahle & Giovanni Sommaruga (ed.), Axiomatic Thinking I, chapter 0, pages 145-163, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-77657-2_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-77657-2_8
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