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On Skolemization in constructive theories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2014

Matthias Baaz  and
Rosalie Iemhoff
Matthias Baaz
Affiliation:
Technical University Vienna, Institute for Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8-10, 1040 Vienna, Austria, E-mail: baaz@logic.at
Rosalie Iemhoff
Affiliation:
University Utrecht, Department of Philosophy, Heidelberglaan 6–8, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands, E-mail: Rosalie.Iemhoff@phil.uu.nl
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Abstract

In this paper a method for the replacement, in formulas, of strong quantifiers by functions is introduced that can be considered as an alternative to Skolemization in the setting of constructive theories. A constructive extension of intuitionistic predicate logic that captures the notions of preorder and existence is introduced and the method, orderization, is shown to be sound and complete with respect to this logic. This implies an analogue of Herbrand's theorem for intuitionistic logic. The orderization method is applied to the constructive theories of equality and groups.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Symbolic Logic , Volume 73 , Issue 3 , September 2008 , pp. 969 - 998
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Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 2008

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