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Provable(P) ⇒ provable(provable(P))?

(This is really just a comment, but apparently I don't have enough reputation to leave comments yet.) I think there's some room for more care in the notation. $\Box \phi \implies \Box \Box \phi$ loo …
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Categories of logical formulae

Classical propositional logic is basically a boolean algebra, which may be viewed as a poset, which may be viewed as a category. We at the very least need to fix the primitive predicates; then the obj …
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About logical axioms of propositional logic.

Which propositional logic are you asking about? Axioms K (your axiom 1) and S (your axiom 2) are admissible for the implicational fragment of intuitionistic propositional logic, but your axiom 3 is no …
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What are some interesting hyperdoctrines that are not classical models?

Every hyperdoctrine is "syntactic", in the sense that given any hyperdoctrine you can construct a theory whose syntactic hyperdoctrine is equivalent to the one you start with. Thus, hyperdoctrines cor …
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Non-definable elements vs indiscernible elements

Let $\Sigma$ be a one-sorted first-order signature, let $A$ be a $\Sigma$-structure, and let $B \subseteq A$ be a $\Sigma$-substructure. Fix a class $\mathcal{L}$ of formulae over $\Sigma$. We say an …
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Multiplicative group of a ring as a morphism of theories

The functor sending a (not necessarily commutative) ring to its group of units is induced by a morphism of cartesian (= finite limit) theories. More generally, suppose given (small!) cartesian theorie …
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Set-Theoretic Issues/Categories

Since you don't seem to want to leave ZFC, here's a taste of the issues you might face if you try to work with a stratified universe. (Here I mean the ordinary English word ‘stratified’, rather than a …
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Are partial elements necessary in boolean-valued models?

It seems to me that there is a difference in the treatment of "partial" elements in boolean-valued models in set theory vs topos theory: in set theory, one usually only considers "global" elements of …
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Barr's theorem and constructivity?

In every Grothendieck topos, the following sequent is valid for the natural numbers object $N$, $$x : N \vdash \bigvee_{n : \mathbb{N}} x = s^n (z)$$ where $\mathbb{N}$ is the set of natural numbers, …
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On the large cardinals foundations of categories

Allow me to make some comments as someone who converted to the universeful approach recently; but take it with a pinch of salt, as I have only been studying category theory for 2½ years. I should bri …
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Categorical Brouwer-Heyting-Kolmogorov interpretation

Let $\mathcal{L}$ be the language of intuitionistic propositional logic generated by some atomic propositions $t_1, t_2, \ldots$. The Lindenbaum–Tarski algebra of $\mathcal{L}$ can be regarded as a bi …
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The independence of path induction

In §1.12 of the Homotopy type theory book, it is mentioned that indiscernibility of identicals is a consequence of path induction. More precisely, for each type $C$ dependent over a type $A$, there is …
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When are all greater cardinals sharply greater?

Makkai and Paré introduced the following binary relation on regular cardinals: given $\kappa$ and $\lambda$, $\kappa \vartriangleleft \lambda$ (read, $\kappa$ is sharply less than $\lambda$) when $\k …
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If two structures are elementarily equivalent, is there a zigzag of elementary embeddings be...

The Keisler–Shelah theorem implies that the following are equivalent: $M$ and $N$ are elementarily equivalent. For some set $X$ and some ultrafilter $U$ on $X$, $M^X / U$ and $N^X / U$ are isomorphi …
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What do algebraic theories with strictly terminal trivial models look like?

By algebraic theory I mean one in the sense of Lawvere, i.e. a collection of finitary operations, including projections, together with a multi-composition satisfying the obvious axioms. (I believe uni …
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