META-LANGUAGE Characteristic requirements
Charles François (2004). META-LANGUAGE Characteristic requirements, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 2093.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 2093 ▶ |
| Object type | Epistemology, ontology or semantics, Methodology or model |
According to BLAUBERG et al: “There are two basic requirements for the meta-language:
1. it must include the language-object (all the expressions of the language-object must be translatable into those of the meta-language), and
2. it must be richer logically than the language-object (it must have the necessary logical means for describing the structure and other properties of the language-object)“ (1977, p.l98-9).
It seems quite possible that only some of the concepts of general systems theory could be translated into a formalized meta-language, as stated by BLAUBERG et al. themselves.