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Re: Semantic Entailment --- Principle of compositionality applied to base term

From Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi>
Newsgroups sci.logic, sci.math, comp.theory
Subject Re: Semantic Entailment --- Principle of compositionality applied to base term
Followup-To sci.logic
Date 2026-07-13 10:08 +0300
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On 12/07/2026 19:10, olcott wrote:
> On 7/12/2026 4:15 AM, Mikko wrote:
>> On 12/07/2026 04:00, olcott wrote:
>>> On 7/11/2026 3:08 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>> On 10/07/2026 17:05, olcott wrote:
>>>>> On 7/10/2026 2:52 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>> On 09/07/2026 17:36, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>> On 7/9/2026 2:34 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 08/07/2026 23:26, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 7/8/2026 2:24 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 06/07/2026 18:15, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> P ⊢ Q where the rules of inference are only
>>>>>>>>>>> semantic entailment specified syntactically.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 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. https://iep.utm.edu/val-snd/
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Is corrected to mean
>>>>>>>>>>> A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only
>>>>>>>>>>> if it takes a form that the conclusion is semantically
>>>>>>>>>>> entailed by its premises.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> We do not use model theory to do this we use proof
>>>>>>>>>>> theoretic semantics.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> What does "semantic entailment" mean when model theory
>>>>>>>>>> is not used?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> P ⊢ Q means syntactic derivation implements semantic
>>>>>>>>> entailment encoded in syntactically the language.
>>>>>>>>> This is the only inference steps allowed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That does not answer the question. It does not specify
>>>>>>>> what "semantic entailment" means nor what inference
>>>>>>>> steps are allowed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is the normal meaning of the base words.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are several normal meanings of "entailment", none of which
>>>>>> is compatible with the adjective "semantic". One normal meaning
>>>>>> is the act of setting an inheritance rule for some property.
>>>>>
>>>>> Base meaning is the most basic and common meaning of the
>>>>> English word from a dictionary. This is often the first
>>>>> listing.
>>>>
>>>> Which meaning is listed first depends on the dictionary. Some
>>>> dictionaries put the legal meaning first.
>>>
>>> I am trying to get to the notion of a base semantic
>>> meaning in a knowledge ontology inheritance hierarchy.
>>> I can't do this when everyone has the opinion that no
>>> such thing can possibly exist.
>>
>> If you know you can't do it you should instead try something else.
>>
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stipulative_definition
> 
> I have done it correctly many times.

If even correct trying does not give the desired results there is
no point to keep trying.

Of course, once trying, correct or incorrect, would give the desired
result, there still would be no point to keep trying.

-- 
Mikko

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  Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-08 10:24 +0300
    Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-08 15:26 -0500
      Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-09 10:34 +0300
        Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-09 09:36 -0500
          Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-07-09 08:52 -0700
            Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-09 11:22 -0500
              Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2026-07-09 16:41 +0000
                Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-09 12:02 -0500
                Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2026-07-09 17:23 +0000
                Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-09 12:35 -0500
                Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-09 13:05 -0500
                Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2026-07-09 19:16 +0000
                Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-09 15:49 -0500
                Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2026-07-10 10:02 +0000
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                Re: Utterly replacing ALL symbolic logic with inherently correct reasoning Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-11 10:35 +0300
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                Re: Utterly replacing ALL symbolic logic with inherently correct reasoning Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-12 11:23 +0300
                Re: Utterly replacing ALL symbolic logic with inherently correct reasoning olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-12 11:00 -0500
                Re: Utterly replacing ALL symbolic logic with inherently correct reasoning Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-13 10:04 +0300
                Re: Utterly replacing ALL symbolic logic with inherently correct reasoning olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-13 11:19 -0500
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                Re: Utterly replacing ALL symbolic logic with inherently correct reasoning Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-14 10:44 +0300
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                Re: Utterly replacing ALL symbolic logic with inherently correct reasoning Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-15 11:34 +0300
                Re: Utterly replacing ALL symbolic logic with inherently correct reasoning olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-15 11:11 -0500
                Re: Utterly replacing ALL symbolic logic with inherently correct reasoning Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-16 09:33 +0300
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                Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic André G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2026-07-10 08:51 -0600
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                Re: Olcott's replacement of symbolic logic with correct reasoning André G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2026-07-10 12:12 -0600
                Re: Olcott's replacement of symbolic logic with correct reasoning Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2026-07-10 18:27 +0000
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                Re: Olcott's replacement of symbolic logic with correct reasoning André G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2026-07-11 06:33 -0600
                Re: Olcott's replacement of symbolic logic with correct reasoning olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-11 20:08 -0500
                Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-11 10:45 +0300
                Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-11 19:52 -0500
          Re: Olcott's big correction to symbolic logic Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-10 10:52 +0300
            Semantic Entailment --- Principle of compositionality applied to base terms olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-10 09:05 -0500
              Re: Semantic Entailment --- Principle of compositionality applied to base terms Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-11 11:08 +0300
                Re: Semantic Entailment --- Principle of compositionality applied to base term olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-11 20:00 -0500
                Re: Semantic Entailment --- Principle of compositionality applied to base term Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-12 12:15 +0300
                Re: Semantic Entailment --- Principle of compositionality applied to base term olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-12 11:10 -0500
                Re: Semantic Entailment --- Principle of compositionality applied to base term Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-13 10:08 +0300
                Re: Semantic Entailment --- Principle of compositionality applied to base term olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-13 11:25 -0500
                Re: Semantic Entailment --- Principle of compositionality applied to base term André G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2026-07-13 11:52 -0600
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                Re: Semantic Entailment --- Principle of compositionality applied to base term olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-14 13:08 -0500
                Re: Semantic Entailment --- Principle of compositionality applied to base term André G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2026-07-14 12:27 -0600
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                Re: Semantic Entailment --- Principle of compositionality applied to base term André G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2026-07-14 14:28 -0600
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                Re: Semantic Entailment --- Principle of compositionality applied to base term olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-14 16:35 -0500
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                Re: Semantic Entailment --- Principle of compositionality applied to base term olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-07-14 17:56 -0500
                Re: Semantic Entailment --- Principle of compositionality applied to base term André G. Isaak <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2026-07-14 17:02 -0600
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