• "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language" as the ultimateanchor

    From olcott@NoOne@NoWhere.com to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math,comp.ai.philosophy on Mon Jan 19 13:11:39 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.ai.philosophy

    Formerly Re: Analytic Truth-makers
    in sci/logic and comp.theory

    On 7/23/2024 11:26 AM, olcott wrote:

    I am establishing a new meaning for
    {true on the basis of meaning expressed in language}
    Formerly known as {analytic truth}.
    This makes True(L,x) computable and definable.

    L is the language of a formal mathematical system.
    x is an expression of that language.

    When we understand that True(L,x) means that there is a finite
    sequence of truth preserving operations in L from the semantic
    meaning of x to x in L, then mathematical incompleteness is abolished.

    ~True(L,x) ∧ ~True(L,~x)
    means that x is not a truth-bearer in L.
    It does not mean that L is incomplete


    On 7/23/2024 11:26 AM, olcott in sci.logic, comp.theory <MPG.4109e1eeb98e7f829896fe@reader.eternal-september.org>

    The above post is when I bridged the analytic/synthetic
    divide that has existed since 1952 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Dogmas_of_Empiricism

    with: "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"

    Now we have Russell's logical-atomism from the
    correspondence theory of truth

    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/

    providing the axiomatic basis for the coherence theory
    of truth. Linking to Wittgenstein's

    'True in Russell's system' means, as was said: proved
    in Russell's system; and 'false in Russell's system'
    means: the opposite has been proved in Russell's system.
    (Wittgenstein 1983,118-119)
    --
    Copyright 2026 Olcott

    My 28 year goal has been to make
    "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"
    reliably computable.

    This required establishing a new foundation
    for correct reasoning.
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  • From olcott@polcott333@gmail.com to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math,comp.ai.philosophy on Mon Jan 19 14:32:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.ai.philosophy

    On 1/19/2026 1:11 PM, olcott wrote:
    Formerly Re: Analytic Truth-makers
    in sci/logic and comp.theory

    On 7/23/2024 11:26 AM, olcott wrote:

    I am establishing a new meaning for
    {true on the basis of meaning expressed in language}
    Formerly known as {analytic truth}.
    This makes True(L,x) computable and definable.

    L is the language of a formal mathematical system.
    x is an expression of that language.

    When we understand that True(L,x) means that there is a finite
    sequence of truth preserving operations in L from the semantic
    meaning of x to x in L, then mathematical incompleteness is abolished.

    ~True(L,x) ∧ ~True(L,~x)
    means that x is not a truth-bearer in L.
    It does not mean that L is incomplete


    On 7/23/2024 11:26 AM, olcott in sci.logic, comp.theory

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    <MPG.4109e1eeb98e7f829896fe@reader.eternal-september.org>

    The above post is when I bridged the analytic/synthetic
    divide that has existed since 1952 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Dogmas_of_Empiricism

    with:  "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"

    Now we have Russell's logical-atomism from the
    correspondence theory of truth

      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/

    providing the axiomatic basis for the coherence theory
    of truth. Linking to Wittgenstein's

      'True in Russell's system' means, as was said: proved
      in Russell's system; and 'false in Russell's system'
      means: the opposite has been proved in Russell's system.
      (Wittgenstein 1983,118-119)

    --
    Copyright 2026 Olcott<br><br>

    My 28 year goal has been to make <br>
    "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"<br>
    reliably computable.<br><br>

    This required establishing a new foundation<br>
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  • From Richard Damon@Richard@Damon-Family.org to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math,comp.ai.philosophy on Tue Jan 20 00:29:48 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.ai.philosophy

    On 1/19/26 2:11 PM, olcott wrote:
    Formerly Re: Analytic Truth-makers
    in sci/logic and comp.theory

    On 7/23/2024 11:26 AM, olcott wrote:

    I am establishing a new meaning for
    {true on the basis of meaning expressed in language}
    Formerly known as {analytic truth}.
    This makes True(L,x) computable and definable.

    L is the language of a formal mathematical system.
    x is an expression of that language.

    When we understand that True(L,x) means that there is a finite
    sequence of truth preserving operations in L from the semantic
    meaning of x to x in L, then mathematical incompleteness is abolished.

    ~True(L,x) ∧ ~True(L,~x)
    means that x is not a truth-bearer in L.
    It does not mean that L is incomplete


    On 7/23/2024 11:26 AM, olcott in sci.logic, comp.theory <MPG.4109e1eeb98e7f829896fe@reader.eternal-september.org>

    The above post is when I bridged the analytic/synthetic
    divide that has existed since 1952 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Dogmas_of_Empiricism

    Which isn't about "Formal Logic Systems" and thus not applicable to what
    you have been trying to talk about.

    Note, that is about Philosophy, which argues about what is true about
    the world, NOT Formal Logic System, which talk about what is true in a
    Formal Logic system, which is ALWAYS what would be called analytic in
    that paper, as there is no "reality" except what derives from the
    analytic rules, so "syntetic" or emperical doesn't really exist, but is sometimes used to indicate things whose truth derives from an infinite
    chain of operatations, and thus are not analytically provable.


    with:  "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"

    Which you break by changing the meaning of words.

    All you do here is show you don't understand what you are talking about.


    Now we have Russell's logical-atomism from the
    correspondence theory of truth

      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/

    providing the axiomatic basis for the coherence theory
    of truth. Linking to Wittgenstein's

      'True in Russell's system' means, as was said: proved
      in Russell's system; and 'false in Russell's system'
      means: the opposite has been proved in Russell's system.
      (Wittgenstein 1983,118-119)


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  • From olcott@polcott333@gmail.com to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math,comp.ai.philosophy on Tue Jan 20 13:21:47 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.ai.philosophy

    On 1/19/2026 11:29 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/19/26 2:11 PM, olcott wrote:
    Formerly Re: Analytic Truth-makers
    in sci/logic and comp.theory

    On 7/23/2024 11:26 AM, olcott wrote:

    I am establishing a new meaning for
    {true on the basis of meaning expressed in language}
    Formerly known as {analytic truth}.
    This makes True(L,x) computable and definable.

    L is the language of a formal mathematical system.
    x is an expression of that language.

    When we understand that True(L,x) means that there is a finite
    sequence of truth preserving operations in L from the semantic
    meaning of x to x in L, then mathematical incompleteness is abolished.

    ~True(L,x) ∧ ~True(L,~x)
    means that x is not a truth-bearer in L.
    It does not mean that L is incomplete


    On 7/23/2024 11:26 AM, olcott in sci.logic, comp.theory
    <MPG.4109e1eeb98e7f829896fe@reader.eternal-september.org>

    The above post is when I bridged the analytic/synthetic
    divide that has existed since 1952
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Dogmas_of_Empiricism

    Which isn't about "Formal Logic Systems" and thus not applicable to what
    you have been trying to talk about.


    "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"
    Is the sharp line of demarcation between objects
    of math and computation and things that are not
    objects of math and computation.

    This line was blurred by Willard Van Orman Quine's
    (1952) "Two Dogmas of Empiricism" until 18 months
    ago when I came up with that.

    Note, that is about Philosophy, which argues about what is true about
    the world, NOT Formal Logic System, which talk about what is true in a Formal Logic system, which is ALWAYS what would be called analytic in
    that paper, as there is no "reality" except what derives from the
    analytic rules, so "syntetic" or emperical doesn't really exist, but is sometimes used to indicate things whose truth derives from an infinite
    chain of operatations, and thus are not analytically provable.


    *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/

    This is exactly the "atomic facts" that are the axioms
    of my formal system of all knowledge. To make such a
    system physically implementable in a finite set of
    atomic facts the details of most events are not stored
    directly in the system. The system is at least the
    complete body of general knowledge. It is augmented
    with details of high priority events.


    with:  "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"

    Which you break by changing the meaning of words.

    All you do here is show you don't understand what you are talking about.


    When the foundations of formal systems anchored in
    model theoretic semantics are replaced by proof theoretic
    semantics and each formal system has its own truth
    predicate anchored in the Haskell Curry notion of
    "true in the system" then the conflation error of
    what was previously mistaken for "true in the system"
    is corrected.
    --
    Copyright 2026 Olcott<br><br>

    My 28 year goal has been to make <br>
    "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"<br>
    reliably computable.<br><br>

    This required establishing a new foundation<br>
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  • From Richard Damon@Richard@Damon-Family.org to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math,comp.ai.philosophy on Tue Jan 20 23:00:33 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.ai.philosophy

    On 1/20/26 2:21 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/19/2026 11:29 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/19/26 2:11 PM, olcott wrote:
    Formerly Re: Analytic Truth-makers
    in sci/logic and comp.theory

    On 7/23/2024 11:26 AM, olcott wrote:

    I am establishing a new meaning for
    {true on the basis of meaning expressed in language}
    Formerly known as {analytic truth}.
    This makes True(L,x) computable and definable.

    L is the language of a formal mathematical system.
    x is an expression of that language.

    When we understand that True(L,x) means that there is a finite
    sequence of truth preserving operations in L from the semantic
    meaning of x to x in L, then mathematical incompleteness is abolished. >>>>
    ~True(L,x) ∧ ~True(L,~x)
    means that x is not a truth-bearer in L.
    It does not mean that L is incomplete


    On 7/23/2024 11:26 AM, olcott in sci.logic, comp.theory
    <MPG.4109e1eeb98e7f829896fe@reader.eternal-september.org>

    The above post is when I bridged the analytic/synthetic
    divide that has existed since 1952
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Dogmas_of_Empiricism

    Which isn't about "Formal Logic Systems" and thus not applicable to
    what you have been trying to talk about.


    "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"
    Is the sharp line of demarcation between objects
    of math and computation and things that are not
    objects of math and computation.

    No, it shows that your definition of "true" doesn't handle truth that is
    the result of logical analysis, but only based on categorical definitions.

    While it says that you can conclude that Cats are Animals, as that is
    part of the definition of the word, it does NOT let you conclude that
    most cats have 19 pairs of chromosomes.


    This line was blurred by Willard Van Orman Quine's
    (1952) "Two Dogmas of Empiricism" until 18 months
    ago when I came up with that.

    Which isn't about Formal systems, so not applicable to that field.


    Note, that is about Philosophy, which argues about what is true about
    the world, NOT Formal Logic System, which talk about what is true in a
    Formal Logic system, which is ALWAYS what would be called analytic in
    that paper, as there is no "reality" except what derives from the
    analytic rules, so "syntetic" or emperical doesn't really exist, but
    is sometimes used to indicate things whose truth derives from an
    infinite chain of operatations, and thus are not analytically provable.


    *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/

    WHich again, is not about Formal Logic systems, so not applicable here.


    This is exactly the "atomic facts" that are the axioms
    of my formal system of all knowledge. To make such a
    system physically implementable in a finite set of
    atomic facts the details of most events are not stored
    directly in the system. The system is at least the
    complete body of general knowledge. It is augmented
    with details of high priority events.

    Not really, but seems more of an attempt to bring some of the formalism
    of Formal Logic into general Philosophy.



    with:  "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"

    Which you break by changing the meaning of words.

    All you do here is show you don't understand what you are talking about.


    When the foundations of formal systems anchored in
    model theoretic semantics are replaced by proof theoretic
    semantics and each formal system has its own truth
    predicate anchored in the Haskell Curry notion of
    "true in the system" then the conflation error of
    what was previously mistaken for "true in the system"
    is corrected.


    No, as I have shown, your interpretation of proof-theoretic semanancts
    are just not applicable to Formal Systems with enough complexity, as it
    breaks them.

    I guess you think that in math, 1 + 1 = 2 is not true in mathematics, or
    where is the line between that and Godel's relationship, which just uses similar mathematics.

    Your problem is your defintion of proof-theoretic semantics needs to use truth-conditional semantics to determin some of its values, and thus is inherently not-well-founded.

    It is YOUR conflating of the system that does you in.
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