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   olcott to Tristan Wibberley   
   =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_readers_are_conned_into_   
   30 Dec 25 15:39:36   
   
   XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/30/2025 3:26 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:   
   > On 30/12/2025 20:35, olcott wrote:   
   >   
   >> The symbols *mean* a self-contradictory expression of language   
   >> the same sort of thing as: "this sentence is not true".   
   >   
   > Not per-Se. Formally, it depends on the full nature of the system   
   > they're in.   
   >   
      
   Sure and we could define a "black cat" as a   
   {fifteen story office building eating a sandwich}   
      
   Within the pure semantics of the actual underlying   
   meanings any expression of language that means:   
      
   {a sequence of inference steps in F from the axioms   
     of F that assert that they themselves do not exist in F}   
      
   is semantically incoherent.   
      
   --   
   Copyright 2025 Olcott

              My 28 year goal has been to make
       "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"
       reliably computable.

              This required establishing a new foundation
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