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Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: Truthmaker Maximalism and undecidable decision problems --- the way truth really works Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:17:44 +0300 Organization: - Lines: 107 Message-ID: <v4e2u8$24lla$1@dont-email.me> References: <v44i60$3jnc8$1@dont-email.me> <v44o5t$3l9t2$1@dont-email.me> <v44r29$3egpa$5@i2pn2.org> <v44rd0$3m841$2@dont-email.me> <v44sa5$3egpa$10@i2pn2.org> <v44suh$3m841$4@dont-email.me> <v4693h$8jv1$1@dont-email.me> <v473en$ggn5$3@dont-email.me> <v48vbe$us2b$1@dont-email.me> <v49sla$14ek5$1@dont-email.me> <v4bhqr$1hqq1$1@dont-email.me> <v4c587$1lec5$1@dont-email.me> <v4c8hm$1m8ib$1@dont-email.me> <v4ca5c$1mi5i$1@dont-email.me> <v4cjau$1ob9b$1@dont-email.me> <v4ck7s$1o4b4$3@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 08:17:44 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2c4e550f753d035ac55ae8e8b89de3df"; logging-data="2250410"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19rnaDmwtX3rJggqfS4WUJi" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:NbONjRXlcTOzf9RxWp3kjpvfMnU= Bytes: 6252 On 2024-06-12 17:00:44 +0000, olcott said: > On 6/12/2024 11:45 AM, Mikko wrote: >> On 2024-06-12 14:08:43 +0000, olcott said: >> >>> On 6/12/2024 8:41 AM, Mikko wrote: >>>> On 2024-06-12 12:44:55 +0000, olcott said: >>>> >>>>> On 6/12/2024 2:13 AM, Mikko wrote: >>>>>> On 2024-06-11 16:06:02 +0000, olcott said: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 6/11/2024 2:45 AM, Mikko wrote: >>>>>>>> On 2024-06-10 14:43:34 +0000, olcott said: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 6/10/2024 2:13 AM, Mikko wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On 2024-06-09 18:40:16 +0000, olcott said: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On 6/9/2024 1:29 PM, Richard Damon wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> On 6/9/24 2:13 PM, olcott wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 6/9/2024 1:08 PM, Richard Damon wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 6/9/24 1:18 PM, olcott wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 6/9/2024 10:36 AM, olcott wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *This has direct application to undecidable decision problems* >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When we ask the question: What is a truthmaker? The generic answer is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> whatever makes an expression of language true <is> its truthmaker. This >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> entails that if there is nothing in the universe that makes expression X >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> true then X lacks a truthmaker and is untrue. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> X may be untrue because X is false. In that case ~X has a truthmaker. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now we have the means to unequivocally define truth-bearer. X is a >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> truth-bearer iff (if and only if) X or ~X has a truthmaker. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have been working in this same area as a non-academician for a few >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> years. I have only focused on expressions of language that are {true on >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the basis of their meaning}. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now that truthmaker and truthbearer are fully anchored it is easy to see >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that self-contradictory expressions are simply not truthbearers. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> “This sentence is not true” can't be true because that would make it >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> untrue and it can't be false because that would make it true. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Within the the definition of truthmaker specified above: “this sentence >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> has no truthmaker” is simply not a truthbearer. It can't be true within >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the above specified definition of truthmaker because this would make it >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> false. It can't be false because that makes >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it true. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Unless the system is inconsistent, in which case they can be. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Note, >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> When I specify the ultimate foundation of all truth then this >>>>>>>>>>>>> does apply to truth in logic, truth in math and truth in science. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Nope. Not for Formal system, which have a specific definition of its >>>>>>>>>>>> truth-makers, unless you let your definition become trivial for Formal >>>>>>>>>>>> logic where a "truth-makers" is what has been defined to be the >>>>>>>>>>>> "truth-makers" for the system. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Formal systems are free to define their own truthmakers. >>>>>>>>>>> When these definitions result in inconsistency they are >>>>>>>>>>> proved to be incorrect. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> A formal system can be inconsistent without being incorrect. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> *Three laws of logic apply to all propositions* >>>>>>>>> ¬(p ∧ ¬p) Law of non-contradiction >>>>>>>>> (p ∨ ¬p) Law of excluded middle >>>>>>>>> p = p Law of identity >>>>>>>>> *No it cannot* >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Those laws do not constrain formal systems. Each formal system specifies >>>>>>>> its own laws, which include all or some or none of those. Besides, a the >>>>>>>> word "proposition" need not be and often is not used in the specification >>>>>>>> of a formal system. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *This is the way that truth actually works* >>>>>> >>>>>> As far as is empirially known. But a formal system is not limited by >>>>>> the limitations of our empirical knowledge. >>>>> >>>>> If there really is nothing anywhere that makes expression >>>>> of language X true then X is untrue. >>>> >>>> That does not restrict what a formal system can say. >>> >>> If a formal system says: >>> "cats <are> fifteen story office buildings" >>> this formal system is wrong. >> >> No, it is not. If you inteprete a sentence of that language > > *Correct interpretation is hardwired into the formal language* > {cats} and {office buildings} are specified by 128-bit GUIDs. Both of those claims are false about typical formal systems. -- Mikko