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Formal semantics of language and the Richard-Berry paradox

Computation and Language 2008-07-25 v1 Computational Complexity Logic in Computer Science

Abstract

The classical logical antinomy known as Richard-Berry paradox is combined with plausible assumptions about the size i.e. the descriptional complexity of Turing machines formalizing certain sentences, to show that formalization of language leads to contradiction.

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@article{arxiv.0807.3845,
  title  = {Formal semantics of language and the Richard-Berry paradox},
  author = {Stefano Crespi Reghizzi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.3845},
  year   = {2008}
}
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