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   Mikko to All   
   Re: New formal foundation for correct re   
   30 Nov 25 12:07:35   
   
   XPost: sci.math, comp.theory   
   From: mikko.levanto@iki.fi   
      
   olcott kirjoitti 29.11.2025 klo 18.45:   
   > 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.   
      
   I'm talking oabout your collection of subjects of thoughts where   
   ALL subjects of thoughts are defined in terms of other subjects of   
   thoughts. That collection is empty. You can't show a single example   
   ofa collection of subjects of thoughts where every subject of thought   
   in the example is defined in terms of other subjects of thoughts in   
   the example.   
      
   --   
   Mikko   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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