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The purpose of the present discussion is to present and compare three notions that are commonly associated with the word proof. Such a discussion is called for by the facts, partly that things called proofs are commonly summoned as decisive in settling certain questions, partly that proofs have also been claimed to be inherently connected with so-called formal modes of expression.
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Naur, P. (1995). Three Notions of Proof. In: Knowing and the Mystique of Logic and Rules. Studies in Cognitive Systems, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8549-1_10
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