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|    olcott to Richard Damon    |
|    Re: Why Tarski is wrong --- Montague, Da    |
|    21 Mar 25 21:57:43    |
      XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 3/21/2025 9:31 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       > 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.       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>              [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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