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“[C]onsistency is not a property of a formal system per se, but depends on the interpretation which is proposed for it. By the same token, inconsistency is not an intrinsic property of any formal system.”

Science Logic Mathematics Interpretation Consistency Douglas Hofstadter Formal Logic Gödel S Incompleteness Theorem

Book:Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Source: Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

“[...] provability is a weaker notion than truth”

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Book:Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Source: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid