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    Supports→The counterfactual account of proposition truth-conditions fails for propositions that are too complex for any finite mind to grasp.

    Gödel's incompleteness theorems establish that arithmetic contains truths no finite formal system can prove, implying some propositions transcend all finite cognitive reach.

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    • 1.Gödel proved any consistent formal system has true but unprovable statements within its domain of arithmetic.
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    • 2.If a finite cognitive system operates like formal systems (rule-based symbol manipulation), it faces the same limitations Gödel identified.
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    • 3.Some truths may be knowable only through infinite processes or non-algorithmic insight, placing them beyond finite reach.
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    • 1.Gödel's theorems concern provability within specific formal systems, not truth itself or what minds can cognize through other means.
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    • 2.Humans grasp Gödel's unprovable statements (like Goodstein's theorem) through metamathematical reasoning, suggesting finite cognition transcends formal system limits.
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    • 3.The claim conflates mathematical independence from axioms with genuine cognitive inaccessibility—different categories requiring different arguments.
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