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Re: Sum ergo cogito ? Symbolic situated-consciousness?Robert Snower (rs219@IDIR.NET)Tue, 2 Jul 1996 16:47:24 -0500
> >[The logical problems involved led to notions of higher-order predicate >calculus that rely on quantification of quantifier statements and >quantification of quantifiers of quantifiers.... > >a situation which was ultimately resolved to the satisfaction of logicians >by the invention of recursive function theory (Kleene & Rosser).] > >The source of the paradox is in the inadequacies of language-based >category systems. Paradoxes are inevitable in category systems >of global extent after they attain much complexity. > >Would this imply that controversies about the effect of language >on human perception of 'reality' arise only because of the effect of >language on human perception of 'language' vs 'reality'? I thought it was very very witty, and now you've ruined it. Best wishes. R. Snower rs219@idir.net
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