Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"
|    sci.lang    |    Natural languages, communication, etc    |    297,461 messages    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
|    Message 296,920 of 297,461    |
|    Richard Damon to olcott    |
|    Re: Why Tarski is wrong --- Montague, Da    |
|    21 Mar 25 22:47:32    |
      XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic       From: richard@damon-family.org              On 3/21/25 9:57 PM, olcott wrote:       > 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)    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
(c) 1994, bbs@darkrealms.ca