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|    Michiel Borkent to All    |
|    Re: weakness of predicate logic?    |
|    02 Feb 04 21:48:23    |
      From: borkent@cs.utwente.nl              > >in logic: "This sentence is not true".       >       > It would seem to be a great virtue of predicate logic, if it cannot       > express such nonsense.              Surely that sentence is nonsense. But I've been pointed to an articale about       self-reference by someone who claimed self-reference is possible, which I       thought was impossible.              He told me to look up the article of Don Perlis on self-reference for more       explanation.              [ comp.ai is moderated. To submit, just post and be patient, or if ]       [ that fails mail your article to |
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