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|    olcott to Mikko    |
|    Re: A new category of thought    |
|    01 Dec 25 11:15:11    |
      XPost: comp.theory, sci.math, sci.lang       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 12/1/2025 5:02 AM, Mikko wrote:       > olcott kirjoitti 29.11.2025 klo 23.59:       >       > G := (F ⊬ G) // G says of itself that it is unprovable in F       >       > With a reasonable type system that is a type error:       > - the symbol ⊬ requires a sentence on the right side       > - the value of the ⊬ operation is a truth value       > - the symbol := requires the same type on both sides       > - thus G must be both a sentence and a truth value       >       > But G cannot be both. A sentence has a truth value but it isn't one.       >              % This sentence cannot be proven in F       ?- G = not(provable(F, G)).       G = not(provable(F, G)).       ?- unify_with_occurs_check(G, not(provable(F, G))).       false.              It is an expression of language having no truth value       because it is not a logic sentence.              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_(mathematical_logic)              --       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        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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