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Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning

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  Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 12:20 -0500
    Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 13:47 -0400
      Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 13:10 -0500
        Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 15:13 -0400
          Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 14:43 -0500
            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 16:43 -0400
              Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 15:56 -0500
                Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 17:30 -0400
                  Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 16:53 -0500
                    Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 18:14 -0400
                      Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 17:23 -0500
                        Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 19:14 -0400
                          Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 18:20 -0500
                            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 20:15 -0400
      Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2022-05-13 14:44 -0600
    Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning André G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2022-05-13 12:28 -0600
      Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 13:50 -0500
        Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning André G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2022-05-13 13:00 -0600
          Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 14:11 -0500
            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning André G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2022-05-13 13:20 -0600
              Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 14:51 -0500
                Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning André G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2022-05-13 14:02 -0600
                  Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 15:08 -0500
                    Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 17:56 -0400
            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 16:03 -0400
              Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 15:14 -0500
                Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 17:39 -0400
                  Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 16:56 -0500
                    Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 18:19 -0400
          Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-13 20:15 +0100
            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 14:58 -0500
    Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-13 20:16 +0100
      Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 15:04 -0500
        Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-13 13:08 -0700
          Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 15:19 -0500
            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-13 13:23 -0700
              Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 15:32 -0500
                Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-13 13:57 -0700
                  Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ very foolish ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 16:10 -0500
                    Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ very foolish ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-13 14:16 -0700
                      Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ very foolish ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 16:17 -0500
                        Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ very foolish ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-13 14:22 -0700
                          Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Tarski made the same mistake ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 16:47 -0500
                            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Tarski made the same mistake ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-13 15:21 -0700
                              Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Tarski made the same mistake ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 17:29 -0500
                                Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Tarski made the same mistake ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-13 15:35 -0700
                                  Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Tarski made the same mistake ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 18:59 -0400
                                  Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Tarski made the same mistake ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 18:01 -0500
                                    Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Tarski made the same mistake ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-13 16:16 -0700
                                      Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Tarski made the same mistake ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 18:23 -0500
                                        Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Tarski made the same mistake ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-13 16:37 -0700
                Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 17:44 -0400
        Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-13 21:46 +0100
          Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 16:05 -0500
            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 17:47 -0400
            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-14 00:01 +0100
              Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 18:05 -0500
                Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 19:22 -0400
                  Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ philosophical underpinnings ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 18:35 -0500
                    Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ philosophical underpinnings ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 20:27 -0400
                      Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ philosophical underpinnings ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 23:01 -0500
                        Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ philosophical underpinnings ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-14 09:42 -0400
                          Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-14 09:42 -0500
                            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-14 10:59 -0400
                              Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ]( Prolog backchaining ) olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-14 10:32 -0500
                                Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ]( Prolog backchaining ) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-14 12:42 -0400
                                  Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ]( Prolog backchaining ) olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-14 12:25 -0500
                                    Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ]( Prolog backchaining ) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-14 16:18 -0400
                                      Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ]( Prolog backchaining ) olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-14 16:02 -0500
                                        Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ]( Prolog backchaining ) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-14 17:15 -0400
                                          Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ]( Prolog backchaining ) olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-14 16:48 -0500
                                            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ]( Prolog backchaining ) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-14 18:50 -0400
                                              Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ]( Prolog backchaining ) olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-14 18:21 -0500
                                                Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ]( Prolog backchaining ) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-14 19:52 -0400
                                                  Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ]( Prolog backchaining ) olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-14 23:07 -0500
                                                    Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ]( Prolog backchaining ) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-15 07:16 -0400
                                                      Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ]( Prolog backchaining ) olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-17 22:11 -0500
                                                        Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ]( Prolog backchaining ) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-18 07:28 -0400
                                                          Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ]( Prolog backchaining ) olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-18 10:01 -0500
                                                            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ Wittgenstein and I ]( Prolog backchaining ) Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-18 19:57 -0400
                Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-14 00:48 +0100
                  Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 19:04 -0500
                    Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-14 01:30 +0100
                      Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 22:34 -0500
                        Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Dennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com> - 2022-05-13 20:58 -0700
                          Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-13 23:15 -0500
                            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-14 09:47 -0400
                        Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-14 09:07 +0100
                          Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-14 09:00 -0500
                            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-14 10:31 -0400
                              Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ computer science is inconsistent ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-14 09:53 -0500
                                Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ computer science is inconsistent ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-14 11:33 -0400
                                  Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ computer science is inconsistent ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-14 11:52 -0500
                                    Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ computer science is inconsistent ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-14 17:28 -0400
                                      Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ computer science is inconsistent ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-14 16:53 -0500
                                        Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ computer science is inconsistent ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-14 18:56 -0400
                                          Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ computer science is inconsistent ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-14 18:33 -0500
                                            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ computer science is inconsistent ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-14 19:53 -0400
                            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-15 00:20 +0100
                              Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-14 18:25 -0500
                                Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-15 13:18 +0100
                                  Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-17 22:02 -0500
                                    Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-18 08:27 -0400
                                      Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-18 10:37 -0500
                                        Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-18 19:09 -0400
                                          Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-18 18:35 -0500
                                            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-18 20:02 -0400
                                    Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-18 16:20 +0100
                                      Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-18 10:25 -0500
                                        Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-18 19:11 -0400
                                          Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2022-05-18 18:38 -0500
                                            Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-18 20:06 -0400
                                        Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Ben <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-05-19 02:01 +0100
                    Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ previously undiscovered rare cases ] Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-05-13 20:31 -0400

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#50424

Fromolcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com>
Date2022-05-13 14:51 -0500
Message-ID<P4-dneMNhqhfK-P_nZ2dnUU7_8zNnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#50415
On 5/13/2022 2:20 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
> On 2022-05-13 13:11, olcott wrote:
>> On 5/13/2022 2:00 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>>> On 2022-05-13 12:50, olcott wrote:
>>>> On 5/13/2022 1:28 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>>>>> On 2022-05-13 11:20, olcott wrote:
>>>>>> *Validity and Soundness*
>>>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a 
>>>>>> form that makes it impossible for the premises to be true and the 
>>>>>> conclusion nevertheless to be false. Otherwise, a deductive 
>>>>>> argument is said to be invalid. https://iep.utm.edu/val-snd/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If the Moon is made of green cheese then all dogs are cats is 
>>>>>> valid and even though premises and conclusion are semantically 
>>>>>> unrelated.
>>>>>
>>>>> That isn't valid. Perhaps you should learn what 'valid' actually 
>>>>> means before you attempt to "correct" the definition.
>>>>>
>>>>> [Also, the above isn't even an argument. It is simply a conditional 
>>>>> statement. It has no conclusion].
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (a) The Moon is made of green cheese.
>>>> (b) Water is a kind of concrete.
>>>> (c) Therefore all dogs are cats.
>>>>
>>>> Because the premises are false and the conclusion is false it is not 
>>>> a case of the conclusion is true and the premises are false, thus 
>>>> meets the above validity criteria.
>>>
>>> No. It isn't valid. You don't seem to grasp the concept of validity.
>>>
>>> Logic has no concept of whether, for example, the moon is made of 
>>> green cheese. An argument is valid if there is no truth *assignment* 
>>> under which the premises are true and the conclusion is false. The 
>>> actual truth values of these expressions don't play a role in the 
>>> definition of validity.
>>>
>>
>> I reach my key insights by progressively refining very high level 
>> abstractions into their corresponding concrete examples.
> 
> Abstractions are designed to cover a large number of different cases. A 
> concrete example cannot capture an abstraction.
> 
>> Clearly I have not yet translated this abstraction:
>>
>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a 
>> form such that its conclusion is a necessary consequence of all of its 
>> premises.
>>
>> Into a concrete example of the issue that it corrects, quite yet.
> 
> Are you acknowledging that you haven't the foggiest idea what 'valid' 
> means? If you're trying to say more than this, I fail to see what it 
> might be.
> 

I am saying that I am redefining the concept of logical validity to 
eliminate its divergence from correct reasoning.

A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a form 
such that its conclusion is a necessary consequence of all of its premises.

This requires semantic relevance between the all the premises and the 
conclusion to be maintained.

>>>>>> *Here is my correction to that issue*
>>>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a 
>>>>>> form such that its conclusion is a necessary consequence of all of 
>>>>>> its premises.
>>>>>
>>>>> And that differs from the standard definition how exactly? Unless 
>>>>> you have some special personal meaning for 'necessary consequence' 
>>>>> it would 
>>>>
>>>> Semantic relevance is a key aspect of 'necessary consequence'.
>>>
>>> Defined how exactly?
>>>
>>> André
>>>
>>
>> Here is the original way that semantic relevance was defined:
>> Semantically unrelated premises and conclusion is not possible with 
>> syllogisms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism#Basic_structure
>>
>> Because syllogisms are comprised of
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_proposition
> 
> How exactly do two wikipedia articles provide a definition of 'semantic 
> relevance' when neither article contains the word 'semantic' nor the 
> word 'relevance'?
> 
> André
> 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relevance_logic

Also it can be easily seen that Categorical_propositions cannot possibly 
diverge from semantic relevance.


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#50427

FromAndré G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid>
Date2022-05-13 14:02 -0600
Message-ID<t5mdgh$qih$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#50424
On 2022-05-13 13:51, olcott wrote:
> On 5/13/2022 2:20 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>> On 2022-05-13 13:11, olcott wrote:
>>> On 5/13/2022 2:00 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>>>> On 2022-05-13 12:50, olcott wrote:
>>>>> On 5/13/2022 1:28 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>>>>>> On 2022-05-13 11:20, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>> *Validity and Soundness*
>>>>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes 
>>>>>>> a form that makes it impossible for the premises to be true and 
>>>>>>> the conclusion nevertheless to be false. Otherwise, a deductive 
>>>>>>> argument is said to be invalid. https://iep.utm.edu/val-snd/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If the Moon is made of green cheese then all dogs are cats is 
>>>>>>> valid and even though premises and conclusion are semantically 
>>>>>>> unrelated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That isn't valid. Perhaps you should learn what 'valid' actually 
>>>>>> means before you attempt to "correct" the definition.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [Also, the above isn't even an argument. It is simply a 
>>>>>> conditional statement. It has no conclusion].
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> (a) The Moon is made of green cheese.
>>>>> (b) Water is a kind of concrete.
>>>>> (c) Therefore all dogs are cats.
>>>>>
>>>>> Because the premises are false and the conclusion is false it is 
>>>>> not a case of the conclusion is true and the premises are false, 
>>>>> thus meets the above validity criteria.
>>>>
>>>> No. It isn't valid. You don't seem to grasp the concept of validity.
>>>>
>>>> Logic has no concept of whether, for example, the moon is made of 
>>>> green cheese. An argument is valid if there is no truth *assignment* 
>>>> under which the premises are true and the conclusion is false. The 
>>>> actual truth values of these expressions don't play a role in the 
>>>> definition of validity.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I reach my key insights by progressively refining very high level 
>>> abstractions into their corresponding concrete examples.
>>
>> Abstractions are designed to cover a large number of different cases. 
>> A concrete example cannot capture an abstraction.
>>
>>> Clearly I have not yet translated this abstraction:
>>>
>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a 
>>> form such that its conclusion is a necessary consequence of all of 
>>> its premises.
>>>
>>> Into a concrete example of the issue that it corrects, quite yet.
>>
>> Are you acknowledging that you haven't the foggiest idea what 'valid' 
>> means? If you're trying to say more than this, I fail to see what it 
>> might be.
>>
> 
> I am saying that I am redefining the concept of logical validity to 
> eliminate its divergence from correct reasoning.

Except you haven't show any instances where it diverges from 'correct 
reasoning'. You gave an example argument which was *not* valid, claimed 
that it was valid and that this "fact" was somehow a problem. The only 
problem I can see is your failure to grasp what it means for something 
to be valid.

If you can't even figure out whether an argument is valid or not, you're 
not in any position to claim there is something wrong with the accepted 
concept of validity.

André

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#50430

Fromolcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com>
Date2022-05-13 15:08 -0500
Message-ID<NJWdnT2VkZ0kJ-P_nZ2dnUU7_81g4p2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#50427
On 5/13/2022 3:02 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
> On 2022-05-13 13:51, olcott wrote:
>> On 5/13/2022 2:20 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>>> On 2022-05-13 13:11, olcott wrote:
>>>> On 5/13/2022 2:00 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>>>>> On 2022-05-13 12:50, olcott wrote:
>>>>>> On 5/13/2022 1:28 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2022-05-13 11:20, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>> *Validity and Soundness*
>>>>>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes 
>>>>>>>> a form that makes it impossible for the premises to be true and 
>>>>>>>> the conclusion nevertheless to be false. Otherwise, a deductive 
>>>>>>>> argument is said to be invalid. https://iep.utm.edu/val-snd/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If the Moon is made of green cheese then all dogs are cats is 
>>>>>>>> valid and even though premises and conclusion are semantically 
>>>>>>>> unrelated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That isn't valid. Perhaps you should learn what 'valid' actually 
>>>>>>> means before you attempt to "correct" the definition.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [Also, the above isn't even an argument. It is simply a 
>>>>>>> conditional statement. It has no conclusion].
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (a) The Moon is made of green cheese.
>>>>>> (b) Water is a kind of concrete.
>>>>>> (c) Therefore all dogs are cats.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Because the premises are false and the conclusion is false it is 
>>>>>> not a case of the conclusion is true and the premises are false, 
>>>>>> thus meets the above validity criteria.
>>>>>
>>>>> No. It isn't valid. You don't seem to grasp the concept of validity.
>>>>>
>>>>> Logic has no concept of whether, for example, the moon is made of 
>>>>> green cheese. An argument is valid if there is no truth 
>>>>> *assignment* under which the premises are true and the conclusion 
>>>>> is false. The actual truth values of these expressions don't play a 
>>>>> role in the definition of validity.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I reach my key insights by progressively refining very high level 
>>>> abstractions into their corresponding concrete examples.
>>>
>>> Abstractions are designed to cover a large number of different cases. 
>>> A concrete example cannot capture an abstraction.
>>>
>>>> Clearly I have not yet translated this abstraction:
>>>>
>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a 
>>>> form such that its conclusion is a necessary consequence of all of 
>>>> its premises.
>>>>
>>>> Into a concrete example of the issue that it corrects, quite yet.
>>>
>>> Are you acknowledging that you haven't the foggiest idea what 'valid' 
>>> means? If you're trying to say more than this, I fail to see what it 
>>> might be.
>>>
>>
>> I am saying that I am redefining the concept of logical validity to 
>> eliminate its divergence from correct reasoning.
> 
> Except you haven't show any instances where it diverges from 'correct 
> reasoning'. 

True and unprovable become impossible because Provable() is an aspect of 
True().

> You gave an example argument which was *not* valid, claimed 
> that it was valid and that this "fact" was somehow a problem. The only 
> problem I can see is your failure to grasp what it means for something 
> to be valid.
> 
> If you can't even figure out whether an argument is valid or not, you're 
> not in any position to claim there is something wrong with the accepted 
> concept of validity.
> 
> André
> 


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#50472

FromRichard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org>
Date2022-05-13 17:56 -0400
Message-ID<WtAfK.779$JXmb.724@fx03.iad>
In reply to#50430
On 5/13/22 4:08 PM, olcott wrote:

> True and unprovable become impossible because Provable() is an aspect of 
> True().
> 

Can you actually PROVE that statement, if not, by its own defintion, it 
isn't True.

If you resort to making it an axiom, then you run into the issue that 
the accepted axioms define the system, and don't apply to systems that 
don't take those axioms.

You also need to be sure that you don't make your system inconsistent, 
and there exists proofs that show that such an axiom lead to 
inconsistent systems once they try to take on certail levels of complexity.

In particular, no logic system can express all the properties of the 
integer number system and be consistent (no provable statement can be 
refuted) and complete (all truths are provable) at the same time.

Basically, you are defining youself into a corner and restricting what 
you can meaningfully logically deduce.

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#50428

FromRichard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org>
Date2022-05-13 16:03 -0400
Message-ID<IQyfK.3613$cQO2.1167@fx47.iad>
In reply to#50408
On 5/13/22 3:11 PM, olcott wrote:
> On 5/13/2022 2:00 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>> On 2022-05-13 12:50, olcott wrote:
>>> On 5/13/2022 1:28 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>>>> On 2022-05-13 11:20, olcott wrote:
>>>>> *Validity and Soundness*
>>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a 
>>>>> form that makes it impossible for the premises to be true and the 
>>>>> conclusion nevertheless to be false. Otherwise, a deductive 
>>>>> argument is said to be invalid. https://iep.utm.edu/val-snd/
>>>>>
>>>>> If the Moon is made of green cheese then all dogs are cats is valid 
>>>>> and even though premises and conclusion are semantically unrelated.
>>>>
>>>> That isn't valid. Perhaps you should learn what 'valid' actually 
>>>> means before you attempt to "correct" the definition.
>>>>
>>>> [Also, the above isn't even an argument. It is simply a conditional 
>>>> statement. It has no conclusion].
>>>>
>>>
>>> (a) The Moon is made of green cheese.
>>> (b) Water is a kind of concrete.
>>> (c) Therefore all dogs are cats.
>>>
>>> Because the premises are false and the conclusion is false it is not 
>>> a case of the conclusion is true and the premises are false, thus 
>>> meets the above validity criteria.
>>
>> No. It isn't valid. You don't seem to grasp the concept of validity.
>>
>> Logic has no concept of whether, for example, the moon is made of 
>> green cheese. An argument is valid if there is no truth *assignment* 
>> under which the premises are true and the conclusion is false. The 
>> actual truth values of these expressions don't play a role in the 
>> definition of validity.
>>
> 
> I reach my key insights by progressively refining very high level 
> abstractions into their corresponding concrete examples.
> 
> Clearly I have not yet translated this abstraction:
> 
> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a form 
> such that its conclusion is a necessary consequence of all of its premises.
> 
> Into a concrete example of the issue that it corrects, quite yet.
> 
>>>>> *Here is my correction to that issue*
>>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a 
>>>>> form such that its conclusion is a necessary consequence of all of 
>>>>> its premises.
>>>>
>>>> And that differs from the standard definition how exactly? Unless 
>>>> you have some special personal meaning for 'necessary consequence' 
>>>> it would 
>>>
>>> Semantic relevance is a key aspect of 'necessary consequence'.
>>
>> Defined how exactly?
>>
>> André
>>
> 
> Here is the original way that semantic relevance was defined:
> Semantically unrelated premises and conclusion is not possible with 
> syllogisms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism#Basic_structure
> 
> Because syllogisms are comprised of
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_proposition
> 
> 
> 
> 

My first thought is that if you are going to be limiting your reasoning 
capability to simple things. You seem to be stuck in using simple logic 
methods, which will limit what you can actually prove.

What you don't seem to understand is that much of what we have logically 
proven, is based on higher order logical systems, which these simple 
forms just can't handle.

In particular, Computation theory, like much of mathematics, needs 
second order (or higher) logic forms, which the simple logic just can't 
handle.

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#50433

Fromolcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com>
Date2022-05-13 15:14 -0500
Message-ID<FdidnV0ELsSsIeP_nZ2dnUU7_83NnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#50428
On 5/13/2022 3:03 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 5/13/22 3:11 PM, olcott wrote:
>> On 5/13/2022 2:00 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>>> On 2022-05-13 12:50, olcott wrote:
>>>> On 5/13/2022 1:28 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>>>>> On 2022-05-13 11:20, olcott wrote:
>>>>>> *Validity and Soundness*
>>>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a 
>>>>>> form that makes it impossible for the premises to be true and the 
>>>>>> conclusion nevertheless to be false. Otherwise, a deductive 
>>>>>> argument is said to be invalid. https://iep.utm.edu/val-snd/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If the Moon is made of green cheese then all dogs are cats is 
>>>>>> valid and even though premises and conclusion are semantically 
>>>>>> unrelated.
>>>>>
>>>>> That isn't valid. Perhaps you should learn what 'valid' actually 
>>>>> means before you attempt to "correct" the definition.
>>>>>
>>>>> [Also, the above isn't even an argument. It is simply a conditional 
>>>>> statement. It has no conclusion].
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (a) The Moon is made of green cheese.
>>>> (b) Water is a kind of concrete.
>>>> (c) Therefore all dogs are cats.
>>>>
>>>> Because the premises are false and the conclusion is false it is not 
>>>> a case of the conclusion is true and the premises are false, thus 
>>>> meets the above validity criteria.
>>>
>>> No. It isn't valid. You don't seem to grasp the concept of validity.
>>>
>>> Logic has no concept of whether, for example, the moon is made of 
>>> green cheese. An argument is valid if there is no truth *assignment* 
>>> under which the premises are true and the conclusion is false. The 
>>> actual truth values of these expressions don't play a role in the 
>>> definition of validity.
>>>
>>
>> I reach my key insights by progressively refining very high level 
>> abstractions into their corresponding concrete examples.
>>
>> Clearly I have not yet translated this abstraction:
>>
>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a 
>> form such that its conclusion is a necessary consequence of all of its 
>> premises.
>>
>> Into a concrete example of the issue that it corrects, quite yet.
>>
>>>>>> *Here is my correction to that issue*
>>>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a 
>>>>>> form such that its conclusion is a necessary consequence of all of 
>>>>>> its premises.
>>>>>
>>>>> And that differs from the standard definition how exactly? Unless 
>>>>> you have some special personal meaning for 'necessary consequence' 
>>>>> it would 
>>>>
>>>> Semantic relevance is a key aspect of 'necessary consequence'.
>>>
>>> Defined how exactly?
>>>
>>> André
>>>
>>
>> Here is the original way that semantic relevance was defined:
>> Semantically unrelated premises and conclusion is not possible with 
>> syllogisms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism#Basic_structure
>>
>> Because syllogisms are comprised of
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_proposition
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 
> My first thought is that if you are going to be limiting your reasoning 
> capability to simple things. You seem to be stuck in using simple logic 
> methods, which will limit what you can actually prove.
> 

Not when all of natural language semantics has been fully formalized and 
directly integrated into its own formal system.

> What you don't seem to understand is that much of what we have logically 
> proven, is based on higher order logical systems, which these simple 
> forms just can't handle.
> 
> In particular, Computation theory, like much of mathematics, needs 
> second order (or higher) logic forms, which the simple logic just can't 
> handle.

I created Minimal Type Theory to express HOL using very slightly adapted 
syntax of FOL. In an early version of MTT it translated its expressions 
into directed graphs so that pathological self-reference could be seen 
as infinite cycle in the di-graph.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331859461_Minimal_Type_Theory_YACC_BNF

-- 
Copyright 2022 Pete Olcott

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
  Genius hits a target no one else can see."
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#50463

FromRichard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org>
Date2022-05-13 17:39 -0400
Message-ID<seAfK.3715$R6W6.577@fx45.iad>
In reply to#50433
On 5/13/22 4:14 PM, olcott wrote:
> On 5/13/2022 3:03 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>> On 5/13/22 3:11 PM, olcott wrote:
>>> On 5/13/2022 2:00 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>>>> On 2022-05-13 12:50, olcott wrote:
>>>>> On 5/13/2022 1:28 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>>>>>> On 2022-05-13 11:20, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>> *Validity and Soundness*
>>>>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes 
>>>>>>> a form that makes it impossible for the premises to be true and 
>>>>>>> the conclusion nevertheless to be false. Otherwise, a deductive 
>>>>>>> argument is said to be invalid. https://iep.utm.edu/val-snd/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If the Moon is made of green cheese then all dogs are cats is 
>>>>>>> valid and even though premises and conclusion are semantically 
>>>>>>> unrelated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That isn't valid. Perhaps you should learn what 'valid' actually 
>>>>>> means before you attempt to "correct" the definition.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [Also, the above isn't even an argument. It is simply a 
>>>>>> conditional statement. It has no conclusion].
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> (a) The Moon is made of green cheese.
>>>>> (b) Water is a kind of concrete.
>>>>> (c) Therefore all dogs are cats.
>>>>>
>>>>> Because the premises are false and the conclusion is false it is 
>>>>> not a case of the conclusion is true and the premises are false, 
>>>>> thus meets the above validity criteria.
>>>>
>>>> No. It isn't valid. You don't seem to grasp the concept of validity.
>>>>
>>>> Logic has no concept of whether, for example, the moon is made of 
>>>> green cheese. An argument is valid if there is no truth *assignment* 
>>>> under which the premises are true and the conclusion is false. The 
>>>> actual truth values of these expressions don't play a role in the 
>>>> definition of validity.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I reach my key insights by progressively refining very high level 
>>> abstractions into their corresponding concrete examples.
>>>
>>> Clearly I have not yet translated this abstraction:
>>>
>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a 
>>> form such that its conclusion is a necessary consequence of all of 
>>> its premises.
>>>
>>> Into a concrete example of the issue that it corrects, quite yet.
>>>
>>>>>>> *Here is my correction to that issue*
>>>>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes 
>>>>>>> a form such that its conclusion is a necessary consequence of all 
>>>>>>> of its premises.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And that differs from the standard definition how exactly? Unless 
>>>>>> you have some special personal meaning for 'necessary consequence' 
>>>>>> it would 
>>>>>
>>>>> Semantic relevance is a key aspect of 'necessary consequence'.
>>>>
>>>> Defined how exactly?
>>>>
>>>> André
>>>>
>>>
>>> Here is the original way that semantic relevance was defined:
>>> Semantically unrelated premises and conclusion is not possible with 
>>> syllogisms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism#Basic_structure
>>>
>>> Because syllogisms are comprised of
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_proposition
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> My first thought is that if you are going to be limiting your 
>> reasoning capability to simple things. You seem to be stuck in using 
>> simple logic methods, which will limit what you can actually prove.
>>
> 
> Not when all of natural language semantics has been fully formalized and 
> directly integrated into its own formal system.

Nope doesn't work. Remember, formal system are based on a finite, or 
perhaps extended to countable, number of base axiom.

I think you basis is going to hit the problem that the number of natural 
language 'facts' you are entering into your system isn't so limited.

Having an uncountable number of axioms in your system breaks a lot of 
thngs. In fact, I think it breaks the definition of 'provable' or 
'refutable'.

> 
>> What you don't seem to understand is that much of what we have 
>> logically proven, is based on higher order logical systems, which 
>> these simple forms just can't handle.
>>
>> In particular, Computation theory, like much of mathematics, needs 
>> second order (or higher) logic forms, which the simple logic just 
>> can't handle.
> 
> I created Minimal Type Theory to express HOL using very slightly adapted 
> syntax of FOL. In an early version of MTT it translated its expressions 
> into directed graphs so that pathological self-reference could be seen 
> as infinite cycle in the di-graph.
> 
> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331859461_Minimal_Type_Theory_YACC_BNF 
> 

Again, the error you are going to run into is your system is now based 
on an uncountable number of inital truths, so a lot of the rules for 
reasoning break down. This makes you system VERY prone to becoming 
inconsistent (if not a certainty).

There are problems when you allow uncountable infinites into your base 
logic.

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#50473

Fromolcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com>
Date2022-05-13 16:56 -0500
Message-ID<mKudnVSIM_SWSeP_nZ2dnUU7_8xh4p2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#50463
On 5/13/2022 4:39 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 5/13/22 4:14 PM, olcott wrote:
>> On 5/13/2022 3:03 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>> On 5/13/22 3:11 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>> On 5/13/2022 2:00 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>>>>> On 2022-05-13 12:50, olcott wrote:
>>>>>> On 5/13/2022 1:28 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2022-05-13 11:20, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>> *Validity and Soundness*
>>>>>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes 
>>>>>>>> a form that makes it impossible for the premises to be true and 
>>>>>>>> the conclusion nevertheless to be false. Otherwise, a deductive 
>>>>>>>> argument is said to be invalid. https://iep.utm.edu/val-snd/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If the Moon is made of green cheese then all dogs are cats is 
>>>>>>>> valid and even though premises and conclusion are semantically 
>>>>>>>> unrelated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That isn't valid. Perhaps you should learn what 'valid' actually 
>>>>>>> means before you attempt to "correct" the definition.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [Also, the above isn't even an argument. It is simply a 
>>>>>>> conditional statement. It has no conclusion].
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (a) The Moon is made of green cheese.
>>>>>> (b) Water is a kind of concrete.
>>>>>> (c) Therefore all dogs are cats.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Because the premises are false and the conclusion is false it is 
>>>>>> not a case of the conclusion is true and the premises are false, 
>>>>>> thus meets the above validity criteria.
>>>>>
>>>>> No. It isn't valid. You don't seem to grasp the concept of validity.
>>>>>
>>>>> Logic has no concept of whether, for example, the moon is made of 
>>>>> green cheese. An argument is valid if there is no truth 
>>>>> *assignment* under which the premises are true and the conclusion 
>>>>> is false. The actual truth values of these expressions don't play a 
>>>>> role in the definition of validity.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I reach my key insights by progressively refining very high level 
>>>> abstractions into their corresponding concrete examples.
>>>>
>>>> Clearly I have not yet translated this abstraction:
>>>>
>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a 
>>>> form such that its conclusion is a necessary consequence of all of 
>>>> its premises.
>>>>
>>>> Into a concrete example of the issue that it corrects, quite yet.
>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Here is my correction to that issue*
>>>>>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes 
>>>>>>>> a form such that its conclusion is a necessary consequence of 
>>>>>>>> all of its premises.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And that differs from the standard definition how exactly? Unless 
>>>>>>> you have some special personal meaning for 'necessary 
>>>>>>> consequence' it would 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Semantic relevance is a key aspect of 'necessary consequence'.
>>>>>
>>>>> Defined how exactly?
>>>>>
>>>>> André
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here is the original way that semantic relevance was defined:
>>>> Semantically unrelated premises and conclusion is not possible with 
>>>> syllogisms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism#Basic_structure
>>>>
>>>> Because syllogisms are comprised of
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_proposition
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> My first thought is that if you are going to be limiting your 
>>> reasoning capability to simple things. You seem to be stuck in using 
>>> simple logic methods, which will limit what you can actually prove.
>>>
>>
>> Not when all of natural language semantics has been fully formalized 
>> and directly integrated into its own formal system.
> 
> Nope doesn't work. Remember, formal system are based on a finite, or 
> perhaps extended to countable, number of base axiom.
> 
> I think you basis is going to hit the problem that the number of natural 
> language 'facts' you are entering into your system isn't so limited.
> 
> Having an uncountable number of axioms in your system breaks a lot of 
> thngs. In fact, I think it breaks the definition of 'provable' or 
> 'refutable'.
> 
>>
>>> What you don't seem to understand is that much of what we have 
>>> logically proven, is based on higher order logical systems, which 
>>> these simple forms just can't handle.
>>>
>>> In particular, Computation theory, like much of mathematics, needs 
>>> second order (or higher) logic forms, which the simple logic just 
>>> can't handle.
>>
>> I created Minimal Type Theory to express HOL using very slightly 
>> adapted syntax of FOL. In an early version of MTT it translated its 
>> expressions into directed graphs so that pathological self-reference 
>> could be seen as infinite cycle in the di-graph.
>>
>> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331859461_Minimal_Type_Theory_YACC_BNF 
>>
> 
> Again, the error you are going to run into is your system is now based 
> on an uncountable number of inital truths, so a lot of the rules for 
> reasoning break down. This makes you system VERY prone to becoming 
> inconsistent (if not a certainty).
> 
> There are problems when you allow uncountable infinites into your base 
> logic.
> 

Uncountable truths that are entirely comprised of different combinations 
of countable constituent parts are evaluatable on the basis of these 
constituents that are later recombined back into the original expression.

-- 
Copyright 2022 Pete Olcott

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
  Genius hits a target no one else can see."
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#50478

FromRichard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org>
Date2022-05-13 18:19 -0400
Message-ID<wPAfK.780$JXmb.391@fx03.iad>
In reply to#50473
On 5/13/22 5:56 PM, olcott wrote:
> On 5/13/2022 4:39 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>> On 5/13/22 4:14 PM, olcott wrote:
>>> On 5/13/2022 3:03 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>> On 5/13/22 3:11 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>> On 5/13/2022 2:00 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>>>>>> On 2022-05-13 12:50, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>> On 5/13/2022 1:28 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2022-05-13 11:20, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>> *Validity and Soundness*
>>>>>>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it 
>>>>>>>>> takes a form that makes it impossible for the premises to be 
>>>>>>>>> true and the conclusion nevertheless to be false. Otherwise, a 
>>>>>>>>> deductive argument is said to be invalid. 
>>>>>>>>> https://iep.utm.edu/val-snd/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If the Moon is made of green cheese then all dogs are cats is 
>>>>>>>>> valid and even though premises and conclusion are semantically 
>>>>>>>>> unrelated.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That isn't valid. Perhaps you should learn what 'valid' actually 
>>>>>>>> means before you attempt to "correct" the definition.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [Also, the above isn't even an argument. It is simply a 
>>>>>>>> conditional statement. It has no conclusion].
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (a) The Moon is made of green cheese.
>>>>>>> (b) Water is a kind of concrete.
>>>>>>> (c) Therefore all dogs are cats.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Because the premises are false and the conclusion is false it is 
>>>>>>> not a case of the conclusion is true and the premises are false, 
>>>>>>> thus meets the above validity criteria.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No. It isn't valid. You don't seem to grasp the concept of validity.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Logic has no concept of whether, for example, the moon is made of 
>>>>>> green cheese. An argument is valid if there is no truth 
>>>>>> *assignment* under which the premises are true and the conclusion 
>>>>>> is false. The actual truth values of these expressions don't play 
>>>>>> a role in the definition of validity.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I reach my key insights by progressively refining very high level 
>>>>> abstractions into their corresponding concrete examples.
>>>>>
>>>>> Clearly I have not yet translated this abstraction:
>>>>>
>>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a 
>>>>> form such that its conclusion is a necessary consequence of all of 
>>>>> its premises.
>>>>>
>>>>> Into a concrete example of the issue that it corrects, quite yet.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Here is my correction to that issue*
>>>>>>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it 
>>>>>>>>> takes a form such that its conclusion is a necessary 
>>>>>>>>> consequence of all of its premises.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And that differs from the standard definition how exactly? 
>>>>>>>> Unless you have some special personal meaning for 'necessary 
>>>>>>>> consequence' it would 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Semantic relevance is a key aspect of 'necessary consequence'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Defined how exactly?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> André
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is the original way that semantic relevance was defined:
>>>>> Semantically unrelated premises and conclusion is not possible with 
>>>>> syllogisms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism#Basic_structure
>>>>>
>>>>> Because syllogisms are comprised of
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_proposition
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My first thought is that if you are going to be limiting your 
>>>> reasoning capability to simple things. You seem to be stuck in using 
>>>> simple logic methods, which will limit what you can actually prove.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not when all of natural language semantics has been fully formalized 
>>> and directly integrated into its own formal system.
>>
>> Nope doesn't work. Remember, formal system are based on a finite, or 
>> perhaps extended to countable, number of base axiom.
>>
>> I think you basis is going to hit the problem that the number of 
>> natural language 'facts' you are entering into your system isn't so 
>> limited.
>>
>> Having an uncountable number of axioms in your system breaks a lot of 
>> thngs. In fact, I think it breaks the definition of 'provable' or 
>> 'refutable'.
>>
>>>
>>>> What you don't seem to understand is that much of what we have 
>>>> logically proven, is based on higher order logical systems, which 
>>>> these simple forms just can't handle.
>>>>
>>>> In particular, Computation theory, like much of mathematics, needs 
>>>> second order (or higher) logic forms, which the simple logic just 
>>>> can't handle.
>>>
>>> I created Minimal Type Theory to express HOL using very slightly 
>>> adapted syntax of FOL. In an early version of MTT it translated its 
>>> expressions into directed graphs so that pathological self-reference 
>>> could be seen as infinite cycle in the di-graph.
>>>
>>> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331859461_Minimal_Type_Theory_YACC_BNF 
>>>
>>
>> Again, the error you are going to run into is your system is now based 
>> on an uncountable number of inital truths, so a lot of the rules for 
>> reasoning break down. This makes you system VERY prone to becoming 
>> inconsistent (if not a certainty).
>>
>> There are problems when you allow uncountable infinites into your base 
>> logic.
>>
> 
> Uncountable truths that are entirely comprised of different combinations 
> of countable constituent parts are evaluatable on the basis of these 
> constituents that are later recombined back into the original expression.
> 

Nope, if you can create an uncountable number of combinations, you CAN'T 
just use the countable number of base elements.

Proving is based on creating a FINITE (or countable) sequence of steps 
that combine a FINITE (or countable0 number of proven statements to show 
something.

If the logic system can create an uncountable number of true statements 
to work from, then there may be an sequence from an UNCOUNATBLE number 
of steps fromt the countble base set, and thus beyond the reach of proving.

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#50411

FromBen <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Date2022-05-13 20:15 +0100
Message-ID<87v8u9w8fx.fsf@bsb.me.uk>
In reply to#50404
André G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> writes:

> On 2022-05-13 12:50, olcott wrote:

>> Semantic relevance is a key aspect of 'necessary consequence'.
>
> Defined how exactly?

If ever a question demonstrated the power of hope over experience, this
is it!

-- 
Ben.

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#50426

Fromolcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com>
Date2022-05-13 14:58 -0500
Message-ID<XM6dnUj-mqkcJeP_nZ2dnUU7_81g4p2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#50411
On 5/13/2022 2:15 PM, Ben wrote:
> André G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> writes:
> 
>> On 2022-05-13 12:50, olcott wrote:
> 
>>> Semantic relevance is a key aspect of 'necessary consequence'.
>>
>> Defined how exactly?
> 
> If ever a question demonstrated the power of hope over experience, this
> is it!
> 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relevance_logic

-- 
Copyright 2022 Pete Olcott

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
  Genius hits a target no one else can see."
  Arthur Schopenhauer

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#50413

FromBen <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Date2022-05-13 20:16 +0100
Message-ID<87r14xw8d8.fsf@bsb.me.uk>
In reply to#50393
olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> writes:

> *Validity and Soundness*

Good plan.  You've run aground as far as halting is concerned, so you
better find another topic you don't know about.

-- 
Ben.
"le génie humain a des limites, quand la bêtise humaine n’en a pas"
Alexandre Dumas (fils)

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#50429

Fromolcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com>
Date2022-05-13 15:04 -0500
Message-ID<NJWdnQKVkZ1EJOP_nZ2dnUU7_83NnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#50413
On 5/13/2022 2:16 PM, Ben wrote:
> olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> writes:
> 
>> *Validity and Soundness*
> 
> Good plan.  You've run aground as far as halting is concerned, so you
> better find another topic you don't know about.
> 

It has been dead obvious that H(P,P)==0 is the correct halt status for 
the input to H(P,P) on the basis of the actual behavior that this input 
actually specifies.

This has been dead obvious on this basis for at least six months, yet my 
reviewers very persistently insisted on simply ignoring the easily 
verifiable facts for this whole six month period.

Now my reviewers are playing a "hail Mary" claiming that even though the 
actual behavior of the actual input to H(P,P) actually factually is 
non-halting it is incorrect for H to report that is input is non-halting.

-- 
Copyright 2022 Pete Olcott

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
  Genius hits a target no one else can see."
  Arthur Schopenhauer

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#50431

FromDennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com>
Date2022-05-13 13:08 -0700
Message-ID<ca74d9fd-2e33-40e7-b7d1-f2d072eff3f2n@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#50429
On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 4:04:48 PM UTC-4, olcott wrote:
> On 5/13/2022 2:16 PM, Ben wrote: 
> > olcott <No...@NoWhere.com> writes: 
> > 
> >> *Validity and Soundness* 
> > 
> > Good plan. You've run aground as far as halting is concerned, so you 
> > better find another topic you don't know about. 
> >
> It has been dead obvious that H(P,P)==0 is the correct halt status for 
> the input to H(P,P) on the basis of the actual behavior that this input 
> actually specifies. 

It is dead obvious to everyone (except you) that H(P,P) == 0 is incorrect because the actual behavior that the input actually specifies is, by the definition of the problem, P(P).

> 
> This has been dead obvious on this basis for at least six months, yet my 
> reviewers very persistently insisted on simply ignoring the easily 
> verifiable facts for this whole six month period. 

Projecting.  Again.  You're the one ignoring verifiable facts, not to mention detailed reasons why you are wrong.

> 
> Now my reviewers are playing a "hail Mary" claiming that even though the 
> actual behavior of the actual input to H(P,P) actually factually is 
> non-halting it is incorrect for H to report that is input is non-halting.

We recognize that you're H isn't mapping the halting function but some other function that you've defined.

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#50434

Fromolcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com>
Date2022-05-13 15:19 -0500
Message-ID<0f-dnTOZ0rjaIOP_nZ2dnUU7_83NnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#50431
On 5/13/2022 3:08 PM, Dennis Bush wrote:
> On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 4:04:48 PM UTC-4, olcott wrote:
>> On 5/13/2022 2:16 PM, Ben wrote:
>>> olcott <No...@NoWhere.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> *Validity and Soundness*
>>>
>>> Good plan. You've run aground as far as halting is concerned, so you
>>> better find another topic you don't know about.
>>>
>> It has been dead obvious that H(P,P)==0 is the correct halt status for
>> the input to H(P,P) on the basis of the actual behavior that this input
>> actually specifies.
> 
> It is dead obvious to everyone (except you) that H(P,P) == 0 is incorrect because the actual behavior that the input actually specifies is, by the definition of the problem, P(P).

That is easily shown to be factually incorrect on the basis of the 
correct simulation of the input to H(P,P) compared to the direct 
execution of P(P). They have empirically proven entirely different 
sequences of configurations.

I have no time for people that very persistently insist on ignoring the 
easily verifiable facts.


-- 
Copyright 2022 Pete Olcott

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
  Genius hits a target no one else can see."
  Arthur Schopenhauer

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#50436

FromDennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com>
Date2022-05-13 13:23 -0700
Message-ID<0ba2a54f-0729-47ca-a3a8-dc6d3ed922f9n@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#50434
On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 4:19:26 PM UTC-4, olcott wrote:
> On 5/13/2022 3:08 PM, Dennis Bush wrote: 
> > On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 4:04:48 PM UTC-4, olcott wrote: 
> >> On 5/13/2022 2:16 PM, Ben wrote: 
> >>> olcott <No...@NoWhere.com> writes: 
> >>> 
> >>>> *Validity and Soundness* 
> >>> 
> >>> Good plan. You've run aground as far as halting is concerned, so you 
> >>> better find another topic you don't know about. 
> >>> 
> >> It has been dead obvious that H(P,P)==0 is the correct halt status for 
> >> the input to H(P,P) on the basis of the actual behavior that this input 
> >> actually specifies. 
> > 
> > It is dead obvious to everyone (except you) that H(P,P) == 0 is incorrect because the actual behavior that the input actually specifies is, by the definition of the problem, P(P).
> That is easily shown to be factually incorrect 

Definitions can't be incorrect.  They just "are".  

> on the basis of the 
> correct simulation of the input to H(P,P) compared to the direct 
> execution of P(P). 

False, as has been explained many times.

> They have empirically proven entirely different 
> sequences of configurations. 

Which is just a fancy way of describing how H manages to get the wrong answer.

> 
> I have no time for people that very persistently insist on ignoring the 
> easily verifiable facts.

So no time for yourself?

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#50440

Fromolcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com>
Date2022-05-13 15:32 -0500
Message-ID<4KidnfWFNeX3XeP_nZ2dnUU7_83NnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#50436
On 5/13/2022 3:23 PM, Dennis Bush wrote:
> On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 4:19:26 PM UTC-4, olcott wrote:
>> On 5/13/2022 3:08 PM, Dennis Bush wrote:
>>> On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 4:04:48 PM UTC-4, olcott wrote:
>>>> On 5/13/2022 2:16 PM, Ben wrote:
>>>>> olcott <No...@NoWhere.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> *Validity and Soundness*
>>>>>
>>>>> Good plan. You've run aground as far as halting is concerned, so you
>>>>> better find another topic you don't know about.
>>>>>
>>>> It has been dead obvious that H(P,P)==0 is the correct halt status for
>>>> the input to H(P,P) on the basis of the actual behavior that this input
>>>> actually specifies.
>>>
>>> It is dead obvious to everyone (except you) that H(P,P) == 0 is incorrect because the actual behavior that the input actually specifies is, by the definition of the problem, P(P).
>> That is easily shown to be factually incorrect
> 
> Definitions can't be incorrect.  They just "are".

No two contradictory definitions in the same system can both be correct.

>> on the basis of the
>> correct simulation of the input to H(P,P) compared to the direct
>> execution of P(P).
> 
> False, as has been explained many times.
> 
>> They have empirically proven entirely different
>> sequences of configurations.
> 
> Which is just a fancy way of describing how H manages to get the wrong answer.

That H(P,P) does correctly decide the halt status that its input 
specifies make H(P,P)== 0 necessarily correct.

That is does not specify the halt status that you expect makes your 
expectation incorrect.

>>
>> I have no time for people that very persistently insist on ignoring the
>> easily verifiable facts.
> 
> So no time for yourself?

H(P,P)==0 is proven to be correct empirically in that it does correctly 
decide the halt status that its input specifies.

That is does not specify the halt status that you expect makes your 
expectation incorrect.


-- 
Copyright 2022 Pete Olcott

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
  Genius hits a target no one else can see."
  Arthur Schopenhauer

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#50448

FromDennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com>
Date2022-05-13 13:57 -0700
Message-ID<868c573f-713a-4dd2-a310-50e4a637d7e4n@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#50440
On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 4:32:49 PM UTC-4, olcott wrote:
> On 5/13/2022 3:23 PM, Dennis Bush wrote: 
> > On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 4:19:26 PM UTC-4, olcott wrote: 
> >> On 5/13/2022 3:08 PM, Dennis Bush wrote: 
> >>> On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 4:04:48 PM UTC-4, olcott wrote: 
> >>>> On 5/13/2022 2:16 PM, Ben wrote: 
> >>>>> olcott <No...@NoWhere.com> writes: 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>> *Validity and Soundness* 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Good plan. You've run aground as far as halting is concerned, so you 
> >>>>> better find another topic you don't know about. 
> >>>>> 
> >>>> It has been dead obvious that H(P,P)==0 is the correct halt status for 
> >>>> the input to H(P,P) on the basis of the actual behavior that this input 
> >>>> actually specifies. 
> >>> 
> >>> It is dead obvious to everyone (except you) that H(P,P) == 0 is incorrect because the actual behavior that the input actually specifies is, by the definition of the problem, P(P). 
> >> That is easily shown to be factually incorrect 
> > 
> > Definitions can't be incorrect. They just "are".
> No two contradictory definitions in the same system can both be correct.
> >> on the basis of the 
> >> correct simulation of the input to H(P,P) compared to the direct 
> >> execution of P(P). 
> > 
> > False, as has been explained many times. 
> > 
> >> They have empirically proven entirely different 
> >> sequences of configurations. 
> > 
> > Which is just a fancy way of describing how H manages to get the wrong answer.
> That H(P,P) does correctly decide the halt status that its input 
> specifies make H(P,P)== 0 necessarily correct. 
> 
> That is does not specify the halt status that you expect makes your 
> expectation incorrect.
> >> 
> >> I have no time for people that very persistently insist on ignoring the 
> >> easily verifiable facts. 
> > 
> > So no time for yourself?
> H(P,P)==0 is proven to be correct empirically in that it does correctly 
> decide the halt status that its input specifies. 

The input, by definition, specifies P(P).  P(P) halts, therefore by definition the correct answer is 1.  H(P,P)==0, therefore H is wrong.

> 
> That is does not specify the halt status that you expect makes your 
> expectation incorrect.

More projection.

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#50452 — Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ very foolish ]

Fromolcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com>
Date2022-05-13 16:10 -0500
SubjectRe: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ very foolish ]
Message-ID<Kb2dnUW7ONKrVOP_nZ2dnUU7_83NnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#50448
On 5/13/2022 3:57 PM, Dennis Bush wrote:
> On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 4:32:49 PM UTC-4, olcott wrote:
>> On 5/13/2022 3:23 PM, Dennis Bush wrote:
>>> On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 4:19:26 PM UTC-4, olcott wrote:
>>>> On 5/13/2022 3:08 PM, Dennis Bush wrote:
>>>>> On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 4:04:48 PM UTC-4, olcott wrote:
>>>>>> On 5/13/2022 2:16 PM, Ben wrote:
>>>>>>> olcott <No...@NoWhere.com> writes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Validity and Soundness*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Good plan. You've run aground as far as halting is concerned, so you
>>>>>>> better find another topic you don't know about.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> It has been dead obvious that H(P,P)==0 is the correct halt status for
>>>>>> the input to H(P,P) on the basis of the actual behavior that this input
>>>>>> actually specifies.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is dead obvious to everyone (except you) that H(P,P) == 0 is incorrect because the actual behavior that the input actually specifies is, by the definition of the problem, P(P).
>>>> That is easily shown to be factually incorrect
>>>
>>> Definitions can't be incorrect. They just "are".
>> No two contradictory definitions in the same system can both be correct.
>>>> on the basis of the
>>>> correct simulation of the input to H(P,P) compared to the direct
>>>> execution of P(P).
>>>
>>> False, as has been explained many times.
>>>
>>>> They have empirically proven entirely different
>>>> sequences of configurations.
>>>
>>> Which is just a fancy way of describing how H manages to get the wrong answer.
>> That H(P,P) does correctly decide the halt status that its input
>> specifies make H(P,P)== 0 necessarily correct.
>>
>> That is does not specify the halt status that you expect makes your
>> expectation incorrect.
>>>>
>>>> I have no time for people that very persistently insist on ignoring the
>>>> easily verifiable facts.
>>>
>>> So no time for yourself?
>> H(P,P)==0 is proven to be correct empirically in that it does correctly
>> decide the halt status that its input specifies.
> 
> The input, by definition, specifies P(P).  

That is the same as defining the cat in your living room to be a dog.

It is empirically proven that H(P,P)==0 is correct on the basis of the 
correct simulation of the input to H(P,P) by H.

It is proven to be correct because the execution trace derived by H 
matches the behavior specified by the x86 source-code of P.

There really are no weasel words around this and any of these weasel 
words that you try to use only make you look very foolish.

> P(P) halts, therefore by definition the correct answer is 1.  H(P,P)==0, therefore H is wrong.
> 
>>
>> That is does not specify the halt status that you expect makes your
>> expectation incorrect.
> 
> More projection.


-- 
Copyright 2022 Pete Olcott

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
  Genius hits a target no one else can see."
  Arthur Schopenhauer

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#50454 — Re: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ very foolish ]

FromDennis Bush <dbush.mobile@gmail.com>
Date2022-05-13 14:16 -0700
SubjectRe: Correcting logic to make it a system of correct reasoning [ very foolish ]
Message-ID<95f0c256-4987-46b8-98f9-2b047bd07695n@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#50452
On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 5:10:21 PM UTC-4, olcott wrote:
> On 5/13/2022 3:57 PM, Dennis Bush wrote: 
> > On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 4:32:49 PM UTC-4, olcott wrote: 
> >> On 5/13/2022 3:23 PM, Dennis Bush wrote: 
> >>> On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 4:19:26 PM UTC-4, olcott wrote: 
> >>>> On 5/13/2022 3:08 PM, Dennis Bush wrote: 
> >>>>> On Friday, May 13, 2022 at 4:04:48 PM UTC-4, olcott wrote: 
> >>>>>> On 5/13/2022 2:16 PM, Ben wrote: 
> >>>>>>> olcott <No...@NoWhere.com> writes: 
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> *Validity and Soundness* 
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Good plan. You've run aground as far as halting is concerned, so you 
> >>>>>>> better find another topic you don't know about. 
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>> It has been dead obvious that H(P,P)==0 is the correct halt status for 
> >>>>>> the input to H(P,P) on the basis of the actual behavior that this input 
> >>>>>> actually specifies. 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> It is dead obvious to everyone (except you) that H(P,P) == 0 is incorrect because the actual behavior that the input actually specifies is, by the definition of the problem, P(P). 
> >>>> That is easily shown to be factually incorrect 
> >>> 
> >>> Definitions can't be incorrect. They just "are". 
> >> No two contradictory definitions in the same system can both be correct. 
> >>>> on the basis of the 
> >>>> correct simulation of the input to H(P,P) compared to the direct 
> >>>> execution of P(P). 
> >>> 
> >>> False, as has been explained many times. 
> >>> 
> >>>> They have empirically proven entirely different 
> >>>> sequences of configurations. 
> >>> 
> >>> Which is just a fancy way of describing how H manages to get the wrong answer. 
> >> That H(P,P) does correctly decide the halt status that its input 
> >> specifies make H(P,P)== 0 necessarily correct. 
> >> 
> >> That is does not specify the halt status that you expect makes your 
> >> expectation incorrect. 
> >>>> 
> >>>> I have no time for people that very persistently insist on ignoring the 
> >>>> easily verifiable facts. 
> >>> 
> >>> So no time for yourself? 
> >> H(P,P)==0 is proven to be correct empirically in that it does correctly 
> >> decide the halt status that its input specifies. 
> > 
> > The input, by definition, specifies P(P).
> That is the same as defining the cat in your living room to be a dog. 

So you're saying the requirement can't be met?  That means you agree with the conclusion of the halting problem proofs that there is no input you can give to H to correctly determine whether P(P) halts.

> 
> It is empirically proven that H(P,P)==0 is correct on the basis of the 
> correct simulation of the input to H(P,P) by H. 
> 
> It is proven to be correct because the execution trace derived by H 
> matches the behavior specified by the x86 source-code of P. 

You mean like how the execution trace of Ha3(N,5) matches the behavior specified by the x86 source code of N, proving by your logic that Ha3(N,5)==false is correct?

> 
> There really are no weasel words around this and any of these weasel 
> words that you try to use only make you look very foolish.

Yet more projection.  When are you going to open that movie theater?  I can't wait to see how nice the picture looks!


> > P(P) halts, therefore by definition the correct answer is 1. H(P,P)==0, therefore H is wrong. 
> > 
> >> 
> >> That is does not specify the halt status that you expect makes your 
> >> expectation incorrect. 
> > 
> > More projection.
> -- 
> Copyright 2022 Pete Olcott 
> 
> "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; 
> Genius hits a target no one else can see." 
> Arthur Schopenhauer

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