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|    Mikko to All    |
|    Re: A new category of thought    |
|    07 Dec 25 12:39:32    |
      XPost: comp.theory, sci.math, sci.lang       From: mikko.levanto@iki.fi              olcott kirjoitti 6.12.2025 klo 14.24:       > On 12/6/2025 2:37 AM, Mikko wrote:       >> olcott kirjoitti 5.12.2025 klo 18.41:       >>> On 12/5/2025 2:48 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>>> olcott kirjoitti 3.12.2025 klo 17.59:       >>>>> On 12/3/2025 4:41 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>>>>> olcott kirjoitti 2.12.2025 klo 16.00:       >>>>>>> On 12/2/2025 2:53 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>>>>>>> olcott kirjoitti 1.12.2025 klo 19.15:       >>>>>>>>> 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)       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> Yes, that is the exxential difference between the two G's.       >>>>>>>> The expession F ⊬ G has a truth value because it is either       >>>>>>>> true or false       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> I propose that is a false assumption.       >>>>>>       >>>>>> If you want to propose anygthng like that you should       >>>>>> (a) specify what is the assumption you want to propose as false       >>>>>> (b) why should that assumption be considered false       >>>>>> (c) what assumption would be true or at least less obviously false       >>>>       >>>>> ?- G = not(provable(F, G)).       >>>>> G = not(provable(F, G)).       >>>>> ?- unify_with_occurs_check(G, not(provable(F, G))).       >>>>> false.       >>>>>       >>>>> G is neither True nor False its resolution remains stuck       >>>>> in an infinite loop.       >>>>>       >>>>> BEGIN:(Clocksin & Mellish 2003:254)       >>>>> Finally, a note about how Prolog matching sometimes differs from the       >>>>> unification used in Resolution. Most Prolog systems will allow you to       >>>>> satisfy goals like:       >>>>>       >>>>> equal(X, X).       >>>>> ?- equal(foo(Y), Y).       >>>>>       >>>>> that is, they will allow you to match a term against an uninstantiated       >>>>> subterm of itself. In this example, foo(Y) is matched against Y,       >>>>> which appears within it. As a result, Y will stand for foo(Y),       >>>>> which is       >>>>> foo(foo(Y)) (because of what Y stands for), which is foo(foo(foo(Y))),       >>>>> and so on. So Y ends up standing for some kind of infinite structure.       >>>>> END:(Clocksin & Mellish 2003:254)       >>>>       >>>> As even (a) is not answered we must interprete the above to mean       >>>> that you retracted your proposal.       >>       >>> If you understood the above you would understand       >>> that I already answered (a) in 100% complete detail.       >>       >> Apparently "that" in your "I propopose that is a false assumption"       >> refers to my "yes" response to your previous posting. But that       >> response does not oresent any assumption.       >>       >> As everyone can see, you did not indentify the assumption.       >>       >>> The assumption that is false is that G is not       >>> semantically incoherent.       >>       >> That assumption is not present in any plase that the word "that"       >> could refer to.       >       > I explained all of the details of how G is       > semantically incoherent and you understood none of it.                     The question (a) is still unanswered, apparently because the answer       would reveal that your claim the equestion is about is false.              --       Mikko              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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