From: tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk   
      
   On 13/01/2026 14:17, olcott wrote:   
   > “The system adopts Proof-Theoretic Semantics:   
   > meaning is determined by inferential role,   
   > and truth is internal to the theory. A theory   
   > T is defined by a finite set of stipulated atomic   
   > statements together with all expressions derivable   
   > from them under the inference rules. The statements   
   > belonging to T constitute its theorems, and these   
   > are exactly the statements that are true-in-T.”   
      
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