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Ultraconsistency & Truth

Define recursively:

  • $T_0 = T$,
  • $T_{i+1} = T_i + \operatorname{Con}(T_i)$ for every recursive ordinal $i$,
  • $T_j = \bigcup\{T_i\mid i<j\}$ for every limit recursive ordinal $j $.

Where $T$ is an extension of $PA$.

Say that $T$ is ultraconsistent iff $$\forall i \, ( i\text{ is a recursive ordinal }\implies \operatorname{Con}(T_i)),$$ where a recursive ordinal is an ordinal below the Church-Kleene ordinal $\omega _{1}^{\mathrm {CK} } $.

Do the following statements follow?

  1. If $T,H$ are ultraconsistent then $T \cup H$ is ultraconsistent.

  2. If $T$ is ultraconsistent and $G$ is a fragment of $T$ then $G$ is ultraconsistent.

  3. Can we have a theory that is ultraconsistent and yet false?

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