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|    olcott to Mikko    |
|    Re: Defeating the Tarski Undefinability     |
|    05 Oct 25 09:03:37    |
      XPost: sci.logic, sci.lang       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 10/5/2025 5:06 AM, Mikko wrote:       > On 2025-10-04 13:34:07 +0000, olcott said:       >       >> On 10/4/2025 5:25 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>> On 2025-10-02 10:07:33 +0000, olcott said:       >>>       >>>> On 10/2/2025 4:38 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>>>> On 2025-10-01 15:40:06 +0000, olcott said:       >>>>>       >>>>>> On 10/1/2025 5:12 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>>>>>> On 2025-10-01 01:46:15 +0000, olcott said:       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> On 9/30/2025 7:48 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>>>>>>>> On 2025-09-29 12:21:25 +0000, olcott said:       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>> On 9/27/2025 5:05 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-09-26 01:08:45 +0000, olcott said:       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/25/2025 2:15 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-09-24 14:27:00 +0000, olcott said:       >>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/24/2025 2:12 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-09-23 16:04:38 +0000, olcott said:       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/23/2025 4:21 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-09-23 00:56:19 +0000, olcott said:       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/21/2025 4:22 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-09-20 14:57:20 +0000, olcott said:       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/20/2025 4:31 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gödel's sentence is not really self-referential. It       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is a valid       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sentence in the first order language of Peano       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> arithmetic. That       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the value of an arithmetic expression in that       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sentence evaluates       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to the Gödel number of the sentence has no       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> arithmetic significance.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes that is the moronic received view yet these stupid       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people stupidly ignore Gödel's own words.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is what Gödel said and proved.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The most important aspect of Gödel's 1931       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Incompleteness theorem       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are these plain English direct quotes of Gödel from       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> his paper:       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...there is also a close relationship with the       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> “liar” antinomy,14 ...       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...14 Every epistemological antinomy can likewise be       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> used for a similar undecidability proof...       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...We are therefore confronted with a proposition       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which asserts its own unprovability. 15 ...       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (Gödel 1931:40-41)       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gödel, Kurt 1931.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mathematica And Related Systems       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The most important aspect is the theorem itself:       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> every theory that       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> has the symbols and axioms of the first order Peano       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> arithmetic is       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> either incomplete or inconsistent.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That never has been the important part.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That has always been bullshit misdirection       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is important because people consider it important.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Prior to Pythagoras there was a universal consensus       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that the Earth is flat.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To think the Earth as flat is simpler and good enough for       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> many       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> purposes. For a long time there was no need to think       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about the       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shape of the Earth.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>> The point is that not even a universal consensus equates       >>>>>>>>>>>>>> to truth.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>> No, but it is a significant aspect of culture. A question       >>>>>>>>>>>>> of importance       >>>>>>>>>>>>> is not a matter of truth but a matter of opinion.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Many poeple also       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> find it useful to know that any attempt to construct a       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cmplete theory       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of arithemtic would be a waste of time.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yet only when the architecture of the formal system is       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> screwed up.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you want to build a formal system that is not       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anchored in a       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> screwed up idea than this is straight forward.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That 2 + 3 = 5 has practical value even if the theory       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> around it       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cannot be made complete.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Refuting Gödel 1931 Incompleteness*       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You begin with a finite list of basic facts and only apply       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the truth preserving operation of semantic logical       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entailment       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to these basic facts.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It is generally accepted that the set of axioms can be       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> infinite       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not when we are representing the finite set of human       >>>>>>>>>>>>>> general knowledge.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>> Once again you try to deceive with a change of topic. There       >>>>>>>>>>>>> is no       >>>>>>>>>>>>> need to prove the incompletenes of human general knowledge       >>>>>>>>>>>>> as that       >>>>>>>>>>>>> already is obvious. But Gödel's and Tarski's theorems are       >>>>>>>>>>>>> about       >>>>>>>>>>>>> natural number arithmetic and its extensions so they need       >>>>>>>>>>>>> to cover       >>>>>>>>>>>>> the possibility that there are infinitely many axioms.       >>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>> Tarski admits that he anchor his whole proof on the       >>>>>>>>>>>> liar paradox and       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>> He doesn't "anchor" it to the liar paradix. The liar paradox       >>>>>>>>>>> has some       >>>>>>>>>>> formal similarity to the sentence Tarski constructs but is       >>>>>>>>>>> not a part       >>>>>>>>>>> of the proof. Consequently anything said about the liar's       >>>>>>>>>>> paracos is       >>>>>>>>>>> irrelevant to the correctness of the proof.       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>> Factually incorrect.       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> False. Tarski confirms what I said:       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> And I prove my point in the paragraph that you skipped.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> Not relevant to Tarski's rerutation of your "Factually incorrect".       >>>>>>       >>>>>> He anchored his whole proof in that he       >>>>>> needed an extra level of logic to do this:       >>>>>       >>>>> You need metalogic if you want to say anything about logic.       >>>>>       >>>>>> X is any expression of language that is not              [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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