Grounding conditionals

Abstract This paper develops a systematic account of the immediate grounds of conditionals, uses this to give a ground-theoretic semantics for the language of intuitionistic propositional logic, and proves intuitionistic logic sound and complete with respect to this semantics. A striking consequence of the account is that all intuitionistic validities are zero-grounded and thus—unlike distinctively classical validities—make no demand on reality.

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Philosophical Studies
Published
2026-02-09
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-025-02458-x
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Philosophy and Theoretical Science
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Grounding conditionals

Jon Erling Litland
Philosophical Studies
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Grounding conditionals

Jon Erling Litland
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Abstract

Abstract This paper develops a systematic account of the immediate grounds of conditionals, uses this to give a ground-theoretic semantics for the language of intuitionistic propositional logic, and proves intuitionistic logic sound and complete with respect to this semantics. A striking consequence of the account is that all intuitionistic validities are zero-grounded and thus—unlike distinctively classical validities—make no demand on reality.

Philosophical Studies
University of Oslo (NO), The University of Texas at Austin (US)
European Commission, Universitetet i Oslo
Reduced inequalities
Openalex Percentile: Top 63%
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
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