A study on the problem of logical constants and the problem's solution criteria

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In this thesis I study the problem of logical constants with respect to logical truth and logical consequence. In order to do that, I focused on the following two questions. First, what is a logical constant and what kind of relation there is between a logical truth, logical consequence and logical constant? Second, what are the solutions to the problem and to what extent these criteria can solve it? The main argument of my thesis is to determine that all of the examined systems are satisfactory to considerable level still none of these is completely acceptable.

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Logical constants.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/17545

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M. F. Mithatova, “A study on the problem of logical constants and the problem’s solution criteria,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2008.