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|    Richard Damon to olcott    |
|    Re: Why Tarski is wrong --- Montague, Da    |
|    22 Mar 25 09:37:01    |
      XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic       From: richard@damon-family.org              On 3/21/25 10:57 PM, olcott wrote:       > 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.       >>>>>>>>>              [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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