Arithmetic and Intensionality

• Authors: Cezary Cieśliński

Title variants

PL

Arytmetyka i intensjonalność

EN

Arithmetic and Intensionality

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

The paper consists of two pats. The first part contains a critical review of "Gödel theorems, possible worlds and intensionality" by W. Krysztofiak. Krysztofiak argues that Gödel's incompleteness theorem and, in particular, the technique of aritmetization of syntax, gives rise to intensionality and intentionality in arithmetic. The author tries to show that these claims are mistaken and based on a simple misunderstanding of the incompleteness theorem and its proof. In the second part the author explains the traditional use (in the sense of Feferman) of the term "intensional" as applied to arithmetical context.

• Publisher: University of Warsaw, Institute of Philosophy
• Journal: Filozofia Nauki
• Year: 2001
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 73-81

Dates

published

2001-12-01

Contributors

author

Cezary Cieśliński