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[from 'Every Thing Must Go' by J Ladyman / D Ross, in 5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 1. Ontology of Logic ]

Full Idea

It is claimed that mathematical logic can be understood in terms of information-processing.

Gist of Idea

Maybe mathematical logic rests on information-processing

Source

J Ladyman / D Ross (Every Thing Must Go [2007], 3.7.5)

Book Reference

Ladyman,J/Ross,D: 'Every Thing Must Go' [OUP 2007], p.183


A Reaction

[They cite Chaitin 1987] I don't understand how this would work, but it is still worth quoting. This would presumably make logic rest on processes rather than on entities. I quite like that.