provability

• “Discussions of the consequences of Gödel's incompleteness theorems sometimes involve confusion around the notion of provability, giving rise to claims that humans could beat formal systems in “knowing” theorems (see Davis (1990, 1993) for good discussions of such claims).”

  Provability Logic

• “From the time GL was formulated, researchers wondered whether it was adequate for formal theories like Peano Arithmetic (PA): does GL prove everything about the notion of provability that can be expressed in a propositional modal language and can be proved in Peano Arithmetic, or should more principles be added to GL?”

  Provability Logic

• “This will eventually allow Gödel to formalize the Liar paradox (with "provability" in place of "truth") by substituting into the formula which says, ˜the formula, whose code is”

  Kurt Gödel

• “Authorizing a pre-emptive use of offensive force, the intentional targeting of suspected belligerents, even when such individuals do not pose a direct threat, that do not pose an immediate threat, but would pose a high provability of a future threat, not involved in belligerent actions, as long as warlike conditions exist in any areas of [UN/NATO] Alliance operations.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Death at Gitmo

• “Pre-emptive use of force, the intentional targeting of suspected belligerents, not posing a direct or immediate, threat or involvement in actions that threaten [Human Life], or suspected provability of a future but in the present non-existent threat in any area were warlike or hostile conditions exist of [UN/ISAF] operations is [Forbidden].”

  Matthew Yglesias » Democratic Presidents’ Base Problem

• “Upon pondering Godel, Mathematician [sic] Hofstadter stated, "truth is greater than provability".”

  An Argument from Realism Against Naturalism about Human Beings

• “Upon pondering Godel, Mathematician Hofstadter stated, "truth is greater than provability".”

  An Argument from Realism Against Naturalism about Human Beings

• “In your argument, you're pre-supposing that God created the universe (and therefore science), and are using the lack of dis/provability (which makes it an invalid argument, btw) to justify your own assumptions.”

  Ridiculous Alabama Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Believes in Science | Indecision Forever | Political Humor, 2010 Election, and Satire Blog | Comedy Central

• “As Hofstadtter stated, truth is greater than provability.”

  Aiguy's Computer

• “The only point I have to make is that if we are making arbitrary claims not based on any experience or provability, one is as good or bad as the other.”

  Dover Trap in the Pelican State - The Panda's Thumb

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