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Re: Concept_sitting

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Saturday, January 17, 2009, 10:59
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Erbrice <erbrice@...> wrote:
> in the domain of languages, > which problem (s) could result from a statement refering to itself ?
First, I didn't say it was a problem for languages. I was just clarifying what Goedel actually did. It's a problem for mathematical formalisms, and therefore potentially for loglangs as well. For language in general, I'd say that such metareferentiality just enhances expressiveness. I do seem to recall that there are some theories of how human language works, mostly no longer current and somewhat reminiscent of those mathematical formalisms, which are invalidated by the existence of such statements. (Proponents of those theories would simply say that no speaker would ever "naturally emit" a sentence like "This sentence is false", so it doesn't count.) -- Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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