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|    olcott to Richard Damon    |
|    Re: Why Tarski is wrong --- Montague, Da    |
|    21 Mar 25 12:02:38    |
      XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 3/21/2025 6:48 AM, Richard Damon wrote:       > On 3/20/25 11:49 PM, olcott wrote:       >> On 3/20/2025 8:31 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>> On 3/20/25 6:14 PM, olcott wrote:       >>>> On 3/19/2025 8:59 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>>>> On 3/19/25 5:50 PM, olcott wrote:       >>>>>> On 3/18/2025 10:04 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>>>>>> On 3/18/25 9:36 AM, olcott wrote:       >>>>>>>> On 3/18/2025 8:14 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>>>>>>>> On 2025-03-17 15:40:22 +0000, olcott said:       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>> On 3/16/2025 9:51 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>> On 3/16/25 9:50 PM, olcott wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/16/2025 5:50 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/16/25 11:12 AM, olcott wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/16/2025 7:36 AM, joes wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Am Sat, 15 Mar 2025 20:43:11 -0500 schrieb olcott:       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We can define a correct True(X) predicate that always       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> succeeds except       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for unknowns and untruths, Tarski WAS WRONG !!!       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That does not disprove Tarski.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>> He said that this is impossible and no       >>>>>>>>>>>>>> counter-examples exists that shows that I am wrong.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>> True(GC) == FALSE Cannot be proven true AKA unknown       >>>>>>>>>>>>>> True(LP) == FALSE Not a truth-bearer       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>> But if x is what you are saying is       >>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>> A True(X) predicate can be defined and Tarski never       >>>>>>>>>>>> showed that it cannot.       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>> Sure he did. Using a mathematical system like Godel, we can       >>>>>>>>>>> construct a statement x, which is only true it is the case       >>>>>>>>>>> that True(x) is false, but this interperetation can only be       >>>>>>>>>>> seen in the metalanguage created from the language in the       >>>>>>>>>>> proof, similar to Godel meta that generates the proof testing       >>>>>>>>>>> relationship that shows that G can only be true if it can not       >>>>>>>>>>> be proven as the existance of a number to make it false,       >>>>>>>>>>> becomes a proof that the statement is true and thus creates a       >>>>>>>>>>> contradiction in the system.       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>> That you can't understand that, or get confused by what is in       >>>>>>>>>>> the language, which your True predicate can look at, and in       >>>>>>>>>>> the metalanguage, which it can not, but still you make bold       >>>>>>>>>>> statements that you can not prove, and have been pointed out       >>>>>>>>>>> to be wrong, just shows how stupid you are.       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>> True(X) only returns TRUE when a a sequence of truth       >>>>>>>>>>>> preserving operations can derive X from the set of basic       >>>>>>>>>>>> facts and returns false otherwise.       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>> Right, but needs to do so even if the path to x is infinite       >>>>>>>>>>> in length.       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>> This never fails on the entire set of human general       >>>>>>>>>>>> knowledge that can be expressed using language.       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>> But that isn't a logic system, so you are just proving your       >>>>>>>>>>> stupidity.       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>> Note, "The Entire set of Human General Knowledge" does not       >>>>>>>>>>> contain the contents of Meta-systems like Tarski uses, as       >>>>>>>>>>> there are an infinite number of them possible, and thus to       >>>>>>>>>>> even try to express them all requires an infinite number of       >>>>>>>>>>> axioms, and thus your system fails to meet the requirements.       >>>>>>>>>>> Once you don't have the meta- systems, Tarski proof can       >>>>>>>>>>> create a metasystem, that you system doesn't know about,       >>>>>>>>>>> which creates the problem statement.       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>> It is not fooled by pathological self-reference or       >>>>>>>>>>>> self-contradiction.       >>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>> Of course it is, because it can't detect all forms of such       >>>>>>>>>>> references.       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>> And, even if it does detect it, what answer does True(x)       >>>>>>>>>>> produce when we have designed (via a metalanguage) that the       >>>>>>>>>>> statement x in the language will be true if and only if !       >>>>>>>>>>> True(x), which he showed can be done in ANY system with       >>>>>>>>>>> sufficient power, which your universal system must have.       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>> Sorry, you are just showing how little you understand what       >>>>>>>>>>> you are talking about.       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>> We need no metalanguage. A single formalized natural       >>>>>>>>>> language can express its own semantics as connections       >>>>>>>>>> between expressions of this same language.       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> A nice formal language has the symbols and syntax of the first       >>>>>>>>> order logic       >>>>>>>>> with equivalence and the following additional symbols:       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> I am not talking about a trivially simple formal       >>>>>>>> language. I am talking about very significant       >>>>>>>> extensions to something like Montague grammar.       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> The language must be expressive enough to fully       >>>>>>>> encode any and all details of each element of the       >>>>>>>> entire body of human general knowledge that can       >>>>>>>> be expressed using language. Davidson semantics       >>>>>>>> provides another encoding.       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> But "encoding" knowledge, isn't a logic system.       >>>>>> Unless you bother to pay attention to the details       >>>>>> of how this of encoded.       >>>>>       >>>>> But "Encoded Knowledge" isn't a logic system. PERIOD. BYU       >>>>> DEFINITION. That would just be a set of axioms. Note, Logic system       >>>>> must also have a set of rules of relationships and how to       >>>>> manipulate them,       >>>>       >>>> Yes stupid I already specified those 150 times.       >>>> TRUTH PRESERVING OPERATIONS.       >>>>       >>>>> and that needs more that just expressing them as knowledge.       >>>>>       >>>>       >>>> NOT AT ALL DUMB BUNNY, for all the expressions       >>>> that are proved completely true entirely on the basis of       >>>> their meaning expressed in language they only need a       >>>> connection this semantic meaning to prove that they       >>>> are true.       >>>>       >>>>>>       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> Part of the problem is that most of what we call "Human       >>>>>>> Knowledge" isn't logically defined truth, but is just "Emperical       >>>>>>> Knowledge", for which we       >>>>>>       >>>>>> The set of human knowledge that can be expressed       >>>>>> in language provides the means to compute True(X).       >>>>>       >>>>> Of course not, as then True(x) just can't handle a statement whose       >>>>> truth is currently unknown, which it MUST be able to handle       >>>>>       >>>>              [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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