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5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 4. Completeness
If a sentence holds in every model of a theory, then it is logically derivable from the theory [Feferman/Feferman]
     Full Idea: Completeness is when, if a sentences holds in every model of a theory, then it is logically derivable from that theory.
     From: Feferman / Feferman (Alfred Tarski: life and logic [2004], Int V)
5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 7. Decidability
'Recursion theory' concerns what can be solved by computing machines [Feferman/Feferman]
     Full Idea: 'Recursion theory' is the subject of what can and cannot be solved by computing machines
     From: Feferman / Feferman (Alfred Tarski: life and logic [2004], Ch.9)
     A reaction: This because 'recursion' will grind out a result step-by-step, as long as the steps will 'halt' eventually.
Both Principia Mathematica and Peano Arithmetic are undecidable [Feferman/Feferman]
     Full Idea: In 1936 Church showed that Principia Mathematica is undecidable if it is ω-consistent, and a year later Rosser showed that Peano Arithmetic is undecidable, and any consistent extension of it.
     From: Feferman / Feferman (Alfred Tarski: life and logic [2004], Int IV)