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24 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 26 April 2013 06:45PM

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 28 April 2013 07:35:01AM 0 points [-]

We don't - generally we build systems where we can show "system X is consistent iff Peano Arithmetic is consistent". And we assume that PA is consistent (or we panic).

Comment author: AlexMennen 29 April 2013 01:33:57AM 1 point [-]

Sorry my phrasing was bad; I actually do know that much about logic. But how do you know that this system is consistent iff Peano Arithmetic is consistent?

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 29 April 2013 07:11:15AM 0 points [-]

We don't have that system yet! Just that that is what we generally do with the systems we have.