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   Message 261,512 of 262,912   
   olcott to Mikko   
   Re: New formal foundation for correct re   
   29 Nov 25 10:45:04   
   
   XPost: sci.math, comp.theory   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/29/2025 3:48 AM, Mikko wrote:   
   > olcott kirjoitti 28.11.2025 klo 17.18:   
   >> On 11/28/2025 2:36 AM, Mikko wrote:   
   >>> olcott kirjoitti 26.11.2025 klo 17.13:   
   >>>> On 11/26/2025 3:05 AM, Mikko wrote:   
   >>>>> olcott kirjoitti 26.11.2025 klo 5.24:   
   >>>>>> On 11/25/2025 8:43 PM, Python wrote:   
   >>>>>>> Le 26/11/2025 à 03:41, olcott a écrit :   
   >>>>>>>> On 11/25/2025 8:36 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> On 2025-11-25 19:30, olcott wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>> On 11/25/2025 8:12 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-11-25 19:08, olcott wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> On 11/25/2025 8:00 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-11-25 18:43, olcott wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 11/25/2025 7:29 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-11-25 17:52, olcott wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 11/25/2025 6:47 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-11-25, olcott  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gödel incompleteness can only exist in systems that   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> divide   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their syntax from their semantics ...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And, so, just confuse syntax for semantics, and all is   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fixed!   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Things such as Montague Grammar are outside of your   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> current knowledge. It is called Montague Grammar   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> because it encodes natural language semantics as pure   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> syntax.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You're terribly confused here. Montague Grammar is called   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'Montague Grammar' because it is due to Richard Montague.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Montague Grammar presents a theory of natural language   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (specifically English) semantics expressed in terms of   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> logic. Formulae in his system have a syntax. They also   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have a semantics. The two are very much distinct.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Montague Grammar is the syntax of English semantics   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> I can't even make sense of that. It's a *theory* of English   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> semantics.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> *Here is a concrete example*   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> The predicate Bachelor(x) is stipulated to mean ~Married(x)   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> where the predicate Married(x) is defined in terms of billions   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> of other things such as all of the details of Human(x).   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> A concrete example of what? That's certainly not an example   
   >>>>>>>>>>> of 'the syntax of English semantics'. That's simply a   
   >>>>>>>>>>> stipulation involving two predicates.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> André   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> It is one concrete example of how a knowledge ontology   
   >>>>>>>>>> of trillions of predicates can define the finite set   
   >>>>>>>>>> of atomic facts of the world.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> But the topic under discussion was the relationship between   
   >>>>>>>>> syntax and semantics in Montague Grammar, not how knowledge   
   >>>>>>>>> ontologies are represented. So this isn't an example in anyway   
   >>>>>>>>> relevant to the discussion.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> *Actually read this, this time*   
   >>>>>>>>>> Kurt Gödel in his 1944 Russell's mathematical logic gave the   
   >>>>>>>>>> following definition of the "theory of simple types" in a   
   >>>>>>>>>> footnote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> By the theory of simple types I mean the doctrine which says   
   >>>>>>>>>> that the objects of thought (or, in another interpretation,   
   >>>>>>>>>> the symbolic expressions) are divided into types, namely:   
   >>>>>>>>>> individuals, properties of individuals, relations between   
   >>>>>>>>>> individuals, properties of such relations   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> That is the basic infrastructure for defining all *objects of   
   >>>>>>>>>> thought*   
   >>>>>>>>>> can be defined in terms of other *objects of thought*   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> I know full well what a theory of types is. It has nothing to   
   >>>>>>>>> do with the relationship between syntax and semantics.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> André   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> That particular theory of types lays out the infrastructure   
   >>>>>>>> of how all *objects of thought* can be defined in terms   
   >>>>>>>> of other *objects of thought* such that the entire body   
   >>>>>>>> of knowledge that can be expressed in language can be encoded   
   >>>>>>>> into a single coherent formal system.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Typing “objects of thought” doesn’t make all truths provable —   
   it   
   >>>>>>> only prevents ill-formed expressions.   
   >>>>>>> If your system looks complete, it’s because you threw away every   
   >>>>>>> sentence that would have made it incomplete.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> When ALL *objects of thought* are defined   
   >>>>>> in terms of other *objects of thought* then   
   >>>>>> their truth and their proof is simply walking   
   >>>>>> the knowledge tree.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> When ALL subjects of thoughts are defined   
   >>>>> in terms of other subjects of thoughts then   
   >>>>> there are no subjects of thoughts.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I am merely elaborating the structure of the   
   >>>> knowledge ontology inheritance hierarchy   
   >>>> tree of knowledge.   
   >>>   
   >>> If the structure is empty there is no need to elaborate.   
   >>   
   >> Every thought that anyone can possibly have   
   >> has its place in a knowledge ontology inheritance   
   >> hierarchy.   
   >   
   > But none of them is in the colloection of subjects of thoughts where   
   > ALL subjects of thoughts are defined in terms of other subjects of   
   > thoughts.   
   >   
      
   In Zen Buddhism subjects of thought are the imaginary   
   ego that does not actually exist. Other than that   
   I have no idea what you are talking about.   
      
   --   
   Copyright 2025 Olcott   
      
   My 28 year goal has been to make   
   "true on the basis of meaning" computable.   
      
   This required establishing a new foundation   
   for correct reasoning.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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