TheMadFool

What drivel? You asked me a question, I answered it. If you have any issues with the way I view semantics (as mapping of word to its referent), please...

It's not about me, it's about you. Also, why are we discussing this like little children? You made a claim: Fitch's argument can be extended to false ...

A pattern (the referent) which we can extract from the following scenarios: 1. I tried to jump over the fence, my feet touched the top of the fence bu...

I did. I gave it some thought and decided we should start from the basics. A proposition being both true and false is a contradiction. I gave the exam...

I did pay attention and you're evading the question. Why? I wonder if it's because you can't prove your case.

Ad hominem?! I'll ignore that for the time being. Let's focus on the issue at hand. You claim that we can know falsehoods. Expand and elaborate (if yo...

If x is a cat, it can't be not a cat. . For any proposition p, Either p is true OR p is false

True!

It matters that some people who are decidely bad (by their fruits...) are under the (false) impression that they're good. Two things to consider here:...

But these guys (extremists) think they're the good guys. Quite different from your usual run-of-the-mill villain who's bad and knows he's bad.

My best guess is universals are abstractions, for them to exist, immaterial, nonphysical as they are, is to open the gates and welcome into our ontolo...

@"Olivier5" The earth is round. True The earth is flat. False What's the differenc between: 1. Knowing the earth is round and 2. Knowing the earth is ...

Clarification In Fitch's argument, p, whereever it appears, stands for true propositions. (p & ~Kp) = an unknown truth. Regarding some members who wan...

False that all truths are knowable. For if it is, Fitch is right, all true propositions are known. Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems.

Fitch's paradox is about unknown truths. That's the essence of the argument.

You need to work on your logic.

Tithonus' boon/curse He's technically immortal but in actuality his condition is best described as a macabre form of torture - prolonging and aggravat...

A very difficult question to answer but let's just stick to the basics: Fitch's paradox is about unknown truths.

It seems we've been talking past each other. 1. What you're saying is true of course. If p is false then, ~p is true and indeed, \neg p \rightarrow K ...

@"InPitzotl" @"Olivier5" How can we embiggen the scope of Fitch's paradox to cover falsehoods? An attempt was made by saying \neg p \rightarrow K \neg...

Notice that in your example: q = ~p , you used q (~p is true) and not p (p is false). So, you didn't expand the scope of Fitch's paradox to include fa...

Why are my Math LaTex commands causing the characters to get squished up together? Help!

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Yes, but for @"Olivier5"'s argument to work \neg p should be false. It isn't.

Sorry for the confusion but 1. If q = \neg p, q is true. @"Olivier5" claims that Fitch's paradox can be extended to falsehoods but \neg q is not false...

\neg p is true

:flower:

The word banna is mapped to the fruit banana - every word has a referent.

@"Olivier5"

To both of you Incorrect!

I can live with that!

You cannot.

p \rightarrow Kp To what end, may I ask?

So, if tomorrow a dead man comes back to life, it would have no implications for science?

Science Of Decay. Seems relevant.

Nice! I didn't think of that. We would then need some kind of method à la the scientific method. Any ideas?

I think the only way democracy is a failure is if you redefine "failure" as success. Nevertheless, I do concede that it's the least worst option we ha...

Yes, but Fitch's paradox is about true propositions. Restrict the domain of discourse to true propositions and you'll get it, hopefully.

A proposition can be false, yes but when you state it, it means you're claiming it to be true.

When one makes a proposition or knows a proposition, truth is implied. p (a propisition) = p (is true)

https://youtu.be/rGPWW9Pjzto Buddha was not a gentleman, was he?

F**k!

Profit! Output > Input? Sacrilege! Unnatural! Sorcery! Does nature make a profit?

K = known L = possible LK = knowable 1. (p & p is unknown) = p is an unknown truth = p & ~Kp (this is a truth) 2. All truths are knowable 3. K(p & ~Kp...

In other words, anything and everything is art. Why define it then, definitions being restrictive criteria?

Forced to, yes! What does it matter implicit/explicit?

It maybe true that for the religious, miracles are more common phenomena than for the irreligious but these miracles aren't of the same kind as those ...

Suppose a miracle occurs in the next 24 hours. What would be the reaction of the religious establishment and the scientific community? :chin:

Inconcistency detected. Art, by the first sentence, is arbitrary. Then the second sentence mentions there's got to be something "...extra..." (art inf...