This text examines one of the most contested topics in linguistics and cognitive science: the role of recursion in language. It offers a precise account of what recursion is, what role it should play in cognitive theories of human knowledge, and how it manifests itself in the me…
We prove two main results: (1) [lowercase Greek]Omega + 1 is an initial segment of the degrees ([less-than or equal to]≤ a̲ for any r.e. a̲ [not equal to] 0̲ , and (2) given any 0̲ [less than] a̲ [less than] h̲ where a̲ and h̲ are r.e. and h̲ is high, there is a minimal degree m̲ [less t…
This monograph carries out the program which the author formulated in earlier work, the formalization of the theory of recursive functions of type 0 and 1 and of the theory of realizability.
