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

From Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk>
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Subject Re: Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct all along
Date 2026-01-21 20:29 +0000
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On 21/01/2026 20:14, olcott wrote:
> On 1/21/2026 1:02 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
>> On 21/01/2026 15:14, olcott wrote:
>>> An BaseFact is an expression X of (natural or formal)
>>> language L that has been assigned the semantic property
>>> of True. (Similar to a math Axiom).
>>
>> Do you mean "statement" or really mean "expression" - understanding that
>> the term "expression" (of a language) includes things like "ngs lik"
>> from this statement.
>>
> 
> It turns out that I must have remembered this from:
> 
> *Russell’s Logical Atomism*
>   the claim that the world consists of a plurality of
>   independently existing things exhibiting qualities
>   and standing in relations. According to logical
>   atomism, all truths are ultimately dependent upon
>   a layer of atomic facts, which consist either of a
>   simple particular exhibiting a quality, or multiple
>   simple particulars standing in a relation.
>   https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logical-atomism/
> 
> I bought his book a few decades ago.
> 

According to that link, Russel's 'expression' is more restrictive that
Haskell Curry's, Curry considered "ngs lik" to be an expression while
Russel is there said to consider "the King of France" to be an
expression, I suppose giving the two noun phrases as the only two
examples, as they do, is intended to exclude the supposition that "ngs
lik" is an expression, which Curry allows. I wonder whether Curry
misunderstood or adopted/formed a second school.

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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 Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-01-21 20:29 +0000
                Re: Back in 2020 I proved that Wittgenstein was correct all along olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-21 21:24 -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> - 2026-01-23 04:43 +0000
        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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