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   Message 261,648 of 262,912   
   olcott to Mikko   
   Re: New formal foundation for correct re   
   03 Dec 25 10:11:20   
   
   XPost: sci.math, comp.theory   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/3/2025 4:53 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.   
   >   
   > When ALL subjects of thoughts are defined in terms of other subjects   
   > of thoughts the system of ALL subjects of thoughts is either empty   
   > or not a hierarchy. There is no hierarchy where every member is under   
   > another member.   
   >   
      
   *I have always been referring to the entire body of general knowledge*   
      
   In philosophy, a subject is a being that exercises agency, undergoes   
   conscious experiences, and is situated in relation to other things that   
   exist outside itself; thus, a subject is any individual, person, or   
   observer.[1] An object is any of the things observed or experienced by a   
   subject, which may even include other beings (thus, from their own   
   points of view: other subjects).   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject_and_object_(philosophy)   
      
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   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.   
      
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