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Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic

From olcott <polcott333@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math, comp.ai.philosophy
Subject Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic
Date 2026-01-17 18:49 -0600
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On 1/17/2026 6:14 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 1/17/26 5:50 PM, olcott wrote:
>> On 1/17/2026 3:54 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>> On 1/17/26 4:08 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>> For nearly a century, discussions of arithmetic have quietly
>>>> relied on a fundamental conflation: the idea that
>>>> “true in arithmetic” meant “true in the standard model of ℕ.”
>>>> But PA itself has no truth predicate, no internal semantics,
>>>> and no mechanism for assigning truth values. So what was
>>>> called “true in arithmetic” was always meta-theoretic truth
>>>> about arithmetic, imported from an external model and never
>>>> grounded inside PA.
>>>
>>> Nope, just shows you don't understand what TRUTH means.
>>>
>>
>> I’m distinguishing internal truth from external truth.
>> PA has no internal truth predicate, so it cannot express
>> or evaluate truth internally.
>>
>> The only notion of truth available for PA is the external,
>> model‑theoretic one — which is meta‑theoretic by definition.
> 
> But Truth *IS* Truth, or you are just misdefining it.
> 
> The fact that a system can't tell you the truth value of a statement 
> doesn't mean the statement doesn't have a truth value.
> 
> And, the problem is that, as was shown, systems with a truth predicate 
> CAN'T support PA or they are inconsistant.
> 
> I guess systems that lie aren't a problem to you since you think lying 
> is valid logic.
> 
>>
>>>>
>>>> This conflation was rarely acknowledged, and it shaped the
>>>> interpretation of Gödel’s incompleteness theorems, independence
>>>> results like Goodstein and Paris–Harrington, and the entire
>>>> discourse around “true but unprovable” statements.
>>>
>>> WHich Godel proves exsits.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> My work begins by correcting this foundational error.
>>>
>>> By LYING and destroying the meaninf of truth.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> PA has no internal truth predicate, so classical claims of
>>>> “true in arithmetic” were always meta-theoretic. My system
>>>> introduces a truth predicate whose meaning is anchored
>>>> entirely in PA’s axioms and inference rules, not in external
>>>> models. Any statement whose meaning requires meta-theoretic
>>>> interpretation or non-well-founded self-reference is rejected
>>>> as outside the domain of PA. This yields a coherent, internal
>>>> notion of truth in arithmetic for the first time.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not having a "Predicate" doesn't mean not having a definition of truth.
>>>
>>
>> A meta‑theoretic definition of truth is not the same
>> as an internal truth predicate. Tarski’s definition of
>> truth for arithmetic is external to PA and cannot be
>> expressed inside PA. That’s exactly the distinction
>> I’m drawing.
> 
> No, he shows that any system that support PA and a Truth Predicate is 
> inconstant.
> 
> It seems you just want to let your system be inconsistent, as then you 
> can "prove" whatever you want.
> 
>>
>> PA can prove statements, but it cannot assert that
>> those statements are true. Those are different notions.
> 
> Right, but statments in PA can be True even without such a predicate.
> 

Unless PA can prove it then they never were actually
true in PA. They were true outside of PA in 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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Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-17 15:08 -0600
  Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-17 16:54 -0500
    Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-17 16:50 -0600
      Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-17 19:14 -0500
        Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-17 18:49 -0600
          Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-17 20:20 -0500
            Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-17 19:30 -0600
              Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-17 20:46 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-17 19:59 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-17 22:20 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-17 21:59 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-17 23:13 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-17 22:38 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-18 12:37 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-18 12:38 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-18 15:55 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-18 15:49 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-18 18:28 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-18 17:41 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-18 19:28 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-18 21:17 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-20 00:29 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-20 10:50 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-20 23:00 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-18 21:19 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-01-18 22:56 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-18 22:28 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-01-19 06:49 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-19 08:43 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-20 00:29 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-20 15:23 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-20 23:04 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-20 22:54 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-01-21 07:35 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-21 09:45 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-01-21 22:37 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-21 21:53 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Python <python@cccp.invalid> - 2026-01-22 04:59 +0000
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-21 23:18 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-22 19:17 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-22 18:33 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-01-22 21:51 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-22 22:18 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-23 20:33 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-22 19:15 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-19 13:20 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-20 00:29 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-20 14:00 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-20 23:12 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-01-20 23:08 +0000
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-20 17:33 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-22 19:23 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-22 18:49 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-22 19:05 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-22 21:48 -0500
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-22 19:30 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-01-23 00:23 +0000
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-22 18:29 -0600
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-01-23 01:15 +0000
                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-22 19:38 -0600
  Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-01-18 12:09 +0200
  Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-19 20:39 -0600
    Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-20 00:29 -0500
      Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-20 15:39 -0600
        Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-20 23:21 -0500
        Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-28 12:17 -0600
          Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-02-01 07:33 -0500
      Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-28 12:08 -0600
        Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-02-01 07:33 -0500

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