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    It is not the case that The empty sequent is not provable

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    • 1.In paraconsistent logics (e.g., Priest's LP), the explosion principle fails, so derivability from contradictions does not trivialize proof systems.
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    • 2.A proof system admitting true contradictions could license the empty sequent without collapsing into inconsistency, undermining P3's universality.
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    • 3.The unprovability of the empty sequent is thus a feature of classical and intuitionistic systems, not a logical necessity across all coherent proof systems.
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    • 1.Wittgenstein's rule-following considerations suggest that what counts as a 'valid axiom' depends on communal practice, not intrinsic formal properties.
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    • 2.If axiomatic status is practice-relative, P3's claim that every proof must contain axioms begs the question against alternative foundational frameworks.
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    • 3.A formalist who treats the empty sequent as a primitive stipulation would deny P3 without incoherence, making the unprovability claim system-relative rather than absolute.
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    • 1.If the empty sequent were provable, it would have a cut-free derivation by the Hauptsatz
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    • 2.A cut-free derivation of the empty sequent can contain only empty sequents
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    • 3.No valid proof can consist solely of empty sequents, since every proof must contain axioms
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