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MW: Ok, let’s plunge into the construction of Trued(x). The bedrock level: True0(x), truth for (closed) atomic formulas. Continue reading

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Non-standard Models of Arithmetic 15

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The Truth about Truth

MW: A little while back, I noted something delicious about the history of mathematical logic:

  • Gödel’s two most famous results are the completeness theorem and the incompleteness theorem.
  • Tarski’s two most famous results are the undefinability of truth and the definition of truth.

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