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|    Mikko to All    |
|    Re: Rejecting expressions of formal lang    |
|    29 Nov 25 12:31:21    |
      XPost: comp.theory       From: mikko.levanto@iki.fi              olcott kirjoitti 28.11.2025 klo 17.21:       > On 11/28/2025 2:40 AM, Mikko wrote:       >> olcott kirjoitti 27.11.2025 klo 17.48:       >>> On 11/27/2025 2:17 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>>> olcott kirjoitti 26.11.2025 klo 17.20:       >>>>> On 11/26/2025 4:17 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>>>>> olcott kirjoitti 14.11.2025 klo 16.49:       >>>>>>> On 11/14/2025 3:09 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>>>>>>> On 2025-11-14 00:56:17 +0000, Tristan Wibberley said:       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> On 13/11/2025 09:05, Mikko wrote:       >>>>>>>>>> On 2025-11-12 14:45:34 +0000, olcott said:       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>> ... formalized in Minimal       >>>>>>>>>>> Type Theory as LP := ~True(LP).       >>>>>>>>>>> (where A := B means A is defined as B).       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>> https://philpapers.org/rec/OLCREO       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>> Can someone review my actual reasoning       >>>>>>>>>>> elaborated in the paper?       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>> If you want to use the term "formal language" you must prove that       >>>>>>>>>> there is a Turing machine that can determine whether a string       >>>>>>>>>> is a       >>>>>>>>>> valid sentence of your language. If no such Turing machine exists       >>>>>>>>>> you have no justifiction for the use of the word "formal".       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> It looks, at a glance, like his system has no theorems with       >>>>>>>>> loops in       >>>>>>>>> them. The system is "safe" and very small.       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> It does not look small. It seems to have very many postulates,       >>>>>>>> perhaps       >>>>>>>> infinitely many. The intent is that it be complete so it       >>>>>>>> probably is       >>>>>>>> only paraconsistent or perhaps even inconsistent.       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> My system rejects expressions of language that cannot       >>>>>>> possibly be resolved to a truth value because they have       >>>>>>> pathological self-reference(Olcott 2004)       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> G ↔ ¬Prov(⌜G⌝)       >>>>>>       >>>>>> That can be evaluated ir sufficient defitions are given. In       >>>>>> particular,       >>>>>       >>>>> Directed Graph of evaluation sequence       >>>>> 00 ↔ 01 02       >>>>> 01 G       >>>>> 02 ¬ 03       >>>>> 03 Prov 04       >>>>> 04 Gödel_Number_of 01 // cycle       >>>>>       >>>>> ?- G = not(provable(F, G)).       >>>>> G = not(provable(F, G)).       >>>>> ?- unify_with_occurs_check(G, not(provable(F, G))).       >>>>> false.       >>>>>       >>>>> You do not understand the deep meaning of       >>>>> unify_with_occurs_check()       >>>>       >>>> That you need to lie about other people indicates that you are not sure       >>>> whether what you say is true but you want anyway that others believe       >>>> it.       >>>>       >>>> Of course I do understand the meaning of unify_with_occurs_check/2. It       >>>       >>>       >>> That is not what I said. I said the deep meaning       >>       >> There is no deep meaning that is not a part of the meaning.       >>       >       > That the directly graph of the evaluation sequence       > of a formal expression contains a cycle       >       > LP := ~True(LP)       > that expands to ~True(~True(~True(~True(~True(~True(...))))))       > means that it is semantically unsound.              Irrelevant to the fact that there is no deep meaning that is not a part       of the meaning.              Also irrelevant the meaning and deep meaning of the library predicate       unify_with_occurs_check/2.              --       Mikko              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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