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

Subject Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic
Newsgroups comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math, comp.ai.philosophy
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From Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org>
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Date 2026-01-17 19:14 -0500

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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.

The issue is we might not be able to know if a given statement is true.

As Tarski showed, Add a Truth Predicate to PA and you get an 
inconsistent system, that is why he says there can not be a Truth 
Predicate in such a system, as inconsistent systems are really just 
worthless.

> 
>> Your problem is that your "Truth Predicate" forces either you system 
>> to be "trivial" or "inconsistant".
>>
>> But, you are too stupid to understand this.
>>
>> Your own system requires that which you call non-well-founded, so it 
>> is itself, by your definition, not-well-founded.
>>
>> The problem is, except in trivial systems, we can't actually tell if a 
>> statement is well founded until we determine its truth, and may 
>> declerations of not-well-founded are themselves not-well-founded.
>>
>> You can only call Godel G statement not-well-founde by accept that it 
>> is true and unprovable, you can not otherwise PROVE that it isn't 
>> well- founded.
> 
> 

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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
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                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
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                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
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                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-22 19:17 -0500
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                Re: Gödel's G has never actually been true in arithmetic Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-01-22 21:51 -0500
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                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
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                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
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                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
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  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
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