Saturday, 30 October 2010

Godel and use/mention

Wait a second: Godel Numbering enable us to map the formulae of a calculus onto the natural numbers. Isn't it then a type of semantics (where semantic interpretations enable us to map formulae onto other sets, most often {TRUE, FALSE} or {0,1} for example). Thus we have the Tarski problem of mixing our syntax with semantics, which is the Quine problem of mixing our use with mention etc.

I have seen people claiming this is flaw of the Godel proof but never followed it up. Maybe not a flaw but an illustration of the importance of keeping them separate!

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US displaying its Imperialist credentials... yet again

Wanted to know the pattern of UN votes over Venezuela and then got into seeing if ChatGPT could see the obvious pattern of Imperialism here....