From: tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk   
      
   On 21/01/2026 20:14, olcott wrote:   
   > On 1/21/2026 1:02 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:   
   >> On 21/01/2026 15:14, olcott wrote:   
   >>> An BaseFact is an expression X of (natural or formal)   
   >>> language L that has been assigned the semantic property   
   >>> of True. (Similar to a math Axiom).   
   >>   
   >> Do you mean "statement" or really mean "expression" - understanding that   
   >> the term "expression" (of a language) includes things like "ngs lik"   
   >> from this statement.   
   >>   
   >   
   > It turns out that I must have remembered this from:   
   >   
   > *Russell’s Logical Atomism*   
   >   the claim that the world consists of a plurality of   
   >   independently existing things exhibiting qualities   
   >   and standing in relations. According to logical   
   >   atomism, all truths are ultimately dependent upon   
   >   a layer of atomic facts, which consist either of a   
   >   simple particular exhibiting a quality, or multiple   
   >   simple particulars standing in a relation.   
   >   https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logical-atomism/   
   >   
   > I bought his book a few decades ago.   
   >   
      
   According to that link, Russel's 'expression' is more restrictive that   
   Haskell Curry's, Curry considered "ngs lik" to be an expression while   
   Russel is there said to consider "the King of France" to be an   
   expression, I suppose giving the two noun phrases as the only two   
   examples, as they do, is intended to exclude the supposition that "ngs   
   lik" is an expression, which Curry allows. I wonder whether Curry   
   misunderstood or adopted/formed a second school.   
      
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