Tags: inconsistency-introduction-3 math concept inference-rule

inconsistency-introduction-3 (math concept)

Definition

inconsistency-introduction-3 is the inference-rule:

\[\left( \boldsymbol{P} \neq P \right) \vdash Inc\left(\mathcal{T}\right)\]

In straightforward language, if we prove that an object is not equal to itself, it follows that the theory is inconsistent.

Quotes

A proof of consistency will have to show, by appealing to contentual considerations which are completely unproblematic, that in the formalism in question it is never possible to derive the formula 𝑎 ≠ 𝑎, or alternatively it is not possible to prove both 𝑎 = 𝑏 and 𝑎 ≠ 𝑏. [MGZ21, p. 5]