Self-Reference and Rejection

Authors

  • Jan Woleński Institute of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

Abstract

The paper consists of two parts. The first contains the paradox of Truth-teller, i.e. a sentence which asserts own truth. The paradox appears when we apply logic of rejection to the Truth-teller sentence. The Truth-teller paradox is symmetric with respect to the Liar paradox. The second part considers a sentence which asserts own provability. This sentence is unprovable on the base of rejection logic. This leads to counterparts of the Gödel incompleteness theorems and other metamathematical results.

Published

1993-03-01

How to Cite

Woleński, J. (1993). Self-Reference and Rejection. The Philosophy of Science, 1(1), 89–102. Retrieved from https://fn.uw.edu.pl/index.php/fn/article/view/7