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   Message 57,945 of 59,235   
   Richard Heathfield to olcott   
   Re: What expressions of language are log   
   02 Oct 25 02:33:28   
   
   XPost: sci.logic, comp.theory   
   From: rjh@cpax.org.uk   
      
   On 01/10/2025 23:29, olcott wrote:   
   > On 10/1/2025 3:48 PM, Richard Heathfield wrote:   
   >> On 01/10/2025 21:40, olcott wrote:   
   >>> On 10/1/2025 2:58 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   >>>> On 2025-10-01, olcott  wrote:   
   >>>>> This has been my primary research focus since 1997.   
   >>>>> I will try to sum this up succinctly.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Expressions of language pertaining to physical reality   
   >>>>> can never be logically certain because they depend on   
   >>>>> underlying assumptions that are not logically certain.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Right off the bat you show yourself to be out of your depth,   
   >>>> having   
   >>>> forgotten first or second year undergrad topics in logic.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You can make statements which are unsassailably certain from   
   >>>> a logical   
   >>>> perspective, yet which combine together propositions that are   
   >>>> blatantly   
   >>>> false in the world.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> In other words you think that cats might not be animals.   
   >>   
   >> How do you derive that from anything he has said?   
   >   
   > I will use Socratic questioning   
      
   Evasion noted.   
      
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