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|    olcott to Richard Damon    |
|    Re: Why Tarski is wrong --- Montague, Da    |
|    21 Mar 25 20:57:31    |
      XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 3/21/2025 7:01 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       > On 3/21/25 6:54 PM, olcott wrote:       >> 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              [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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