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|    polcott to Richard Damon    |
|    Re: A new category of thought    |
|    08 Dec 25 19:00:09    |
      XPost: sci.math, comp.theory       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 12/8/2025 6:18 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       > On 12/8/25 1:47 PM, olcott wrote:       >> On 12/8/2025 6:40 AM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>> On 12/7/25 10:26 PM, olcott wrote:       >>>> On 12/7/2025 8:50 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>>>> On 12/7/25 6:15 PM, polcott wrote:       >>>>>> On 12/7/2025 4:55 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>>>>>> On 12/7/25 8:37 AM, olcott wrote:       >>>>>>>> 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.       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> You have ADMITED that you retain the right to change the meaning       >>>>>>> of word.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> DENY THAT IF YOU WANT.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> If you can change the meaning of words, then semantics are       >>>>>>> worthless, as meaning is broken,.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> Sorry, but you are just showing that you don't understand what       >>>>>>> you are talking about.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> I will note aas proof: a part you snipped said:       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> >> I will issue you a challenge here, and failure to reply will       >>>>>>> be an admission that you know you are just a stupid liar.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> >> Show how the Montegue Grammer can unambigously represent the       >>>>>>> meaning of the following sentence:       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> >> She showed she was a big girl.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>       >>>>>> When you begin a reply with anything besides       >>>>>> reasoning I will always ignore the rest.       >>>>>       >>>>> So, what did I say that WASN'T "Reasoning"       >>>>>       >>>>>>       >>>>>> My system (like the Cyc project) has a unique       >>>>>> GUID for each unique sense meaning of every word.       >>>>>       >>>>> Can't, because there are not finitely enumerable.       >>>>>       >>>>> As I asked, show the full set of UUIDs for the word "big"       >>>>>       >>>>>>       >>>>>> I must first know your intended sense meanings.       >>>>>> showed: seems to mean demonstrated       >>>>>       >>>>> That isn't how it works.       >>>>>       >>>>>>       >>>>>> big girl: seems to mean something like       >>>>>> average maturity for a 10 year old girl       >>>>>       >>>>> Thats ONE meaning. That is your problem, you don't understand the       >>>>> complexity of Natural Language.       >>>>>       >>>>       >>>> I understand how to eliminate ambiguity by       >>>> mathematically formalizing the body of       >>>> general knowledge as relations between GUID's.       >>>>       >>>       >>> No you don't, as you have shown by not being able to handle the       >>> statement I gave you.       >>>       >>       >> It was your error of insufficiently specifying       >> which of many sense meanings that you intended.       >>       >> It was not inherently ambiguity it is lack of       >> sufficient specification.       >>       >       > What did I insufficeintly specify?       >              Troll                            --       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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