XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/16/2025 1:49 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:   
   > On 16/11/2025 02:17, olcott wrote:   
   >> That has been the whole reason that I stuck with this for 28 years.   
   >   
   > You mean, true on the basis of ontological assignment, don't you?   
   >   
   > I know you know that "meaning" has specific technical ... uhhhh ....   
   > ontological assignment ... which you are not referring to.   
   >   
      
   "True on the basis of meaning expressed in language"   
   is simply stipulated relations between finite strings.   
      
   "Cats"  "animals" is only true because of   
   stipulated relations between otherwise arbitrary   
   finite strings.   
      
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   Copyright 2025 Olcott   
      
   My 28 year goal has been to make   
   "true on the basis of meaning" computable.   
      
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