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Re: Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct all along

From olcott <polcott333@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math, sci.lang.semantics, comp.ai.nat-lang
Subject Re: Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct all along
Date 2026-01-20 22:49 -0600
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On 1/20/2026 10:00 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 1/20/26 1:13 PM, olcott wrote:
>> On 1/19/2026 11:29 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>> On 1/19/26 12:56 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>> Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct
>>>> all along. His key essence of grounding truth in
>>>> well-founded proof theoretic semantics did not exist
>>>> at the time that he made these remarks. Because of
>>>> this his remarks were misunderstood to be based
>>>> on ignorance instead of the profound insight that
>>>> they really were.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Nope.
>>>
>>>> According to Wittgenstein:
>>>> 'True in Russell's system' means, as was said: proved
>>>> in Russell's system; and 'false in Russell's system'
>>>> means: the opposite has been proved in Russell's system.
>>>> (Wittgenstein 1983,118-119)
>>>
>>> Which is only ONE interpretation, (and not a correct one).
>>>
>>
>> All we need to do to make PA complete
>> is replace model theoretic semantics
>> with wellfounded proof theoretic sematics
>> and ground true in OA the way Haskell
>> Curry defines it entirely on the basis
>> of the axioms of PA,
> 
> Nope, doesn't work.
> 
> THe system breaks as it can't consistantly determine 
> the truth value of some statements.

Just to make it simpler for you to understand think
of it as a truth and falsity recognizer that gets
stuck in an infinite loop on anything else.
So PA is complete for its domain.

> 
>>
>> ∀x ∈ PA ((True(PA, x)  ≡ (PA ⊢ x))
>> ∀x ∈ PA ((False(PA, x) ≡ (PA ⊢ ~x))
>> ∀x ∈ PA (~WellFounded(PA, x) ≡ (~True(PA, x) ∧ (~False(PA, x))
>> Then PA becomes complete.
> 
> And, in proof-theoretic semantics, this is just not-well-founded as 
> there are statements that you can not determine if any of these are 
> applicable or not.
>>
>> This is very similar to my work 8 years ago
>> where the axioms are construed as BaseFacts.
>> It was pure proof theoretic even way back then.
>>
>> The ultimate foundation of [a priori] Truth
>> Olcott Feb 17, 2018, 12:42:55 AM
>> https://groups.google.com/g/sci.logic/c/dbk5vsDzZbQ/m/4ajW9R08CQAJ
> 
> At least that accepted that there were statement that it couldn't handle 
> as they were neiteher true or false.
> 
> With your addition, we get that there are statements that can be none of 
> True, False, or ~WellFounded.
> 

This was the earliest documented work that
can be classified as well-founded proof theoretic semantics.
My actual work is documented to go back to 1998.

>>
>>>>
>>>> Formalized by Olcott as:
>>>>
>>>> ∀F ∈ Formal_Systems ∀𝒞 ∈ WFF(F) (((F⊢𝒞)) ↔ True(F, 𝒞))
>>>> ∀F ∈ Formal_Systems ∀𝒞 ∈ WFF(F) (((F⊬𝒞)) ↔ ¬True(F, 𝒞))
>>>> ∀F ∈ Formal_Systems ∀𝒞 ∈ WFF(F) (((F⊢¬𝒞)) ↔ False(F, 𝒞))
>>>
>>> Which can be not-well-founded, as determining *IF* a statement is 
>>> proveable or not provable might not be provable, or even knowable.
>>>
>>> So, therefore you can't actually evaluate your statement.
>>>
>>
>> All meta-math is defined to be outside the scope of PA.
> 
> But we don't need "meta-math" to establish the answer.
> 
> It is a FACT that no number will satisfy the Relationship, 

That relationship does not even exist outside of meta-math


-- 
Copyright 2026 Olcott<br><br>

My 28 year goal has been to make <br>
"true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"<br>
reliably computable.<br><br>

This required establishing a new foundation<br>

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Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct all along olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2026-01-19 11:56 -0600
  Re: Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct all along Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-20 00:29 -0500
    Re: Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct all along olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-20 12:13 -0600
      Re: Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct all along Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-20 23:00 -0500
        Re: Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct all along olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-20 22:49 -0600
          Re: Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct all along Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-01-21 07:38 -0500
            Re: Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct all along olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-21 09:14 -0600
              Re: Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct all along Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-01-21 19:02 +0000
                Re: Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct all along olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-21 14:14 -0600
              Re: Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct all along Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-22 07:42 -0500
                Re: Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct all along olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-22 10:43 -0600
                Re: Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct all along Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-01-22 19:13 -0500
        Re: Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct all along Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-01-21 18:55 +0000

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