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When we talk of a language, we need in general a meta-language. The reason is that no language can be completely introspective (cf. the linguistic complementarity to be outlined below; cf. also [6], [8]).
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Löfgren, L. (1999). Metalinguistic Views of Quantum Mechanics and Its Formalizability. In: Cornelis, G.C., Smets, S., Van Bendegem, J.P. (eds) Metadebates on Science. EINSTEIN MEETS MAGRITTE: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2245-2_14
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