Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Damon Newsgroups: sci.logic Subject: Re: How a True(X) predicate can be defined for the set of analytic knowledge Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 18:34:04 -0400 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <9e416dd54b0be5d6d8d3f900ee46c52f83c84e4d@i2pn2.org> References: <215f3f8823df394f0cbd307af57a528cb3afc52f@i2pn2.org> <7e0f966861ff1efd916d8d9c32cc9309fd92fe82@i2pn2.org> <3ab00594a6cdaa3ca8aa32da86b865f3a56d5159@i2pn2.org> <45167877871179050e15837d637c4c8a22e661fd@i2pn2.org> <4c1393a97bc073e455df99e0a2d3a47bfc71d940@i2pn2.org> <7286761fb720294d7a87d883fc82c8f8cf95a460@i2pn2.org> <6edcdf0fa4f6ec503240b27a5801f93c470ed7d6@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 22:44:55 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3013967"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="diqKR1lalukngNWEqoq9/uFtbkm5U+w3w6FQ0yesrXg"; User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: On 4/3/25 2:59 PM, olcott wrote: > On 4/3/2025 2:03 AM, Mikko wrote: >> On 2025-04-02 15:59:47 +0000, olcott said: >> >>> On 4/2/2025 4:20 AM, Mikko wrote: >>>> On 2025-04-01 17:51:29 +0000, olcott said: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> All we have to do is make a C program that does this >>>>> with pairs of finite strings then it becomes self-evidently >>>>> correct needing no proof. >>>> >>>> There already are programs that check proofs. But you can make your own >>>> if you think the logic used by the existing ones is not correct. >>>> >>>> If the your logic system is sufficiently weak there may also be a >>>> way to >>>> make a C program that can construct the proof or determine that >>>> there is >>>> none. >>> >>> When we define a system that cannot possibly be inconsistent >>> then a proof of consistency not needed. >> >> But a proof of paraconsistency is required. >> > > When it is stipulated that {cats} {Animals} > When it is stipulated that {Animals} {Living Things} > Then the complete proof of those is their stipulation. > AND {Cats} {Living Things} is semantically entailed. Which doesn't prove what was asked for. You are just proving the fact that you don't understand what you are talking about. > >>> A system entirely comprised of Basic Facts and Semantic logical >>> entailment cannot possibly be inconsistent. >> >> It can if the set of basic facts is inconsistent or if the logical >> entailment sematics is not sufficiently weak. Inconsistencies are >> avoided if your system has no way to express logical negations >> (which incudes negative quantification). >> > > Stipulated basic facts + semantic logical entailment > guarantees True(X). When the basic facts do not contradict > each other then undecidability is impossible. > Nope. Tarski proved otherwise. The problem is that your "assumption" that a True(x) exist creates an inconsistant set of "basic facts" when combined with the other basic facts that allow us to do arithmatic.