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Humble Connexivity

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  • Andreas Kapsner Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

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https://doi.org/10.12775/LLP.2019.001

Keywords

connexive logic, strong connexivity, unsatisfiability, paraconsistency, conditional logic, modal logic

Abstract

In this paper, I review the motivation of connexive and strongly connexive logics, and I investigate the question why it is so hard to achieve those properties in a logic with a well motivated semantic theory. My answer is that strong connexivity, and even just weak connexivity, is too stringent a requirement. I introduce the notion of humble connexivity, which in essence is the idea to restrict the connexive requirements to possible antecedents. I show that this restriction can be well motivated, while it still leaves us with a set of requirements that are far from trivial. In fact, formalizing the idea of humble connexivity is not as straightforward as one might expect, and I offer three different proposals. I examine some well known logics to determine whether they are humbly connexive or not, and I end with a more wide-focused view on the logical landscape seen through the lens of humble connexivity.


formalizing the idea of humble connexivity is not as straightforward as one might expect, and
I offer three different proposals. I examine some well known logics to determine whether they
are humbly connexive or not, and I end with a more wide-focused view on the logical landscape
seen through the lens of humble connexivity.

Author Biography

Andreas Kapsner, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Study of Religion

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KAPSNER, Andreas. Humble Connexivity. Logic and Logical Philosophy. Online. 27 January 2019. Vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 513-536. [Accessed 7 July 2025]. DOI 10.12775/LLP.2019.001.
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