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Is there any natural* statement S about the natural integers such that if PA contains no contradictions then neither PA+S nor PA+not S contains a contradiction?

If unknown, where can I read about the philosophical views on it?

*By natural I mean not a logical trick or non-constructive existence proof such as Rosser's sentence, but a clear statement such as the collatzCollatz conjecture.

Is there any natural* statement S about the natural integers such that if PA contains no contradictions then neither PA+S nor PA+not S contains a contradiction?

If unknown, where can I read about the philosophical views on it?

*By natural I mean not a logical trick or non-constructive existence proof such as Rosser's sentence, but a clear statement such as the collatz conjecture

Is there any natural* statement S about the natural integers such that if PA contains no contradictions then neither PA+S nor PA+not S contains a contradiction?

If unknown, where can I read about the philosophical views on it?

*By natural I mean not a logical trick or non-constructive existence proof such as Rosser's sentence, but a clear statement such as the Collatz conjecture.

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Is there any natural* statement S about the natural integers such that if PA contains no contradictions then neither PA+S nor PA+not S contains a contradiction?

If unknown, where can I read about the philosophical views on it?

*By natural I mean not a logical trick or non-constructive existence proof such as Rosser's sentence, but a clear statement such as the collatz conjecture

Is there any statement S about the natural integers such that if PA contains no contradictions then neither PA+S nor PA+not S contains a contradiction?

If unknown, where can I read about the philosophical views on it?

Is there any natural* statement S about the natural integers such that if PA contains no contradictions then neither PA+S nor PA+not S contains a contradiction?

If unknown, where can I read about the philosophical views on it?

*By natural I mean not a logical trick or non-constructive existence proof such as Rosser's sentence, but a clear statement such as the collatz conjecture

Post Closed as "too localized" by François G. Dorais
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Unprovable sentence about integers

Is there any statement S about the natural integers such that if PA contains no contradictions then neither PA+S nor PA+not S contains a contradiction?

If unknown, where can I read about the philosophical views on it?