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|    olcott to Richard Damon    |
|    Re: A new category of thought    |
|    07 Dec 25 07:37:24    |
      XPost: sci.math, comp.theory       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 12/7/2025 6:32 AM, Richard Damon wrote:       > On 12/6/25 10:50 PM, polcott wrote:       >> On 12/6/2025 9:16 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>> On 12/6/25 4:01 AM, Mikko wrote:       >       >>>> There are two kinds of dictionaries. One kind is dictionaries that       >>>> define words of one language in terms of words of another language.       >>>> There is no circularity there. The other kind describes the meanings       >>>> of wirds in terms of words of the same language. They are circular       >>>> and the descriptions are often incomplete or inexact. Dictionaries       >>>> of this kind are indeed useless to readers who don't already know       >>>> the meanings of most of the words from other sources.       >>>>       >>>       >>> This is where Peter just falls apart, as he doesn't understand how       >>> formal langagues work.       >>>       >>       >> No. It is that you don't understand how       >> Montague Grammar or Knowledge Ontologies work.       >> Thankfully LLM systems know all about these things.       >>       >       > No, it is you who doesn't know what he is saying and shows he is just a       > liar.       >              If that was true you could show that with reasoning.       By not showing the reasoning you show that is not true.              --       Copyright 2025 Olcott |
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