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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 7. Second-Order Logic
We can formalize second-order formation rules, but not inference rules [Potter]
     Full Idea: In second-order logic only the formation rules are completely formalizable, not the inference rules.
     From: Michael Potter (Set Theory and Its Philosophy [2004], 01.2)
     A reaction: He cites Gödel's First Incompleteness theorem for this.