Treatid

Part 1: definitions You can't define "mentions". You are trying to assert a set of invariant linguistic rules. This is an impossible task. Words are d...

There is mathematics - and there is the justification/explanation of mathematics. Applied mathematics is concerned with whether the results are useful...

Yet again you respond with assertions but no justification for your position. Why? You aren't even trying to show me that I'm wrong. If you want to wi...

https://youtu.be/DIL37Rkt4m0?si=8veEEon_DGHD7uNb&t=183 With specific reference to human language. At which point the question becomes how much differe...

Argumentation from authority is a fallacy. I get that you think you are right. For my part, I'm pretty sure I know what I'm talking about. You reitera...

First: I like the example. I do enjoy coming across these sorts of things. Second: Mathematicians have a long career of coming across inconsistencies ...

This makes zero sense to you. Okay. Fine. You're not giving me anything to work with. You provide no clue as to why you perceive my statement regardin...

Now you're getting it! You are absolutely right. The Principle of Explosion is a prime demonstration of the ridiculousness of Logic. The Principle of ...

First Order Logic is a subset of Axiomatic Mathematics. Axiomatic Mathematics is predicated upon deterministic progression from a set of axioms. In or...

Godel's incompleteness theorems use the same basic structure as The Liar's paradox. As such, it is worth understanding the principles of contradiction...

"Applying the rules consistently breaks down. Therefore we do not apply the rules consistently". If you apply the rules of naive set theory - those ru...

I'm a neophyte to semiotics. Initial reaction on watching the video: This mostly seems sensible to me. I'm uncomfortable with the usage of "things" an...

Yup. Sort of. Descartes, Gödel, Alfred North Whitehead and The Foundational Crisis In Mathematics (among many others) have covered much of this territ...

"Hurr durr - "absolutely no absolutes" sounds silly so you are wrong". Language does not work according to the principles of logic. Heck, Logic doesn'...

My sincere apologies for my entirely unjustified "rant" towards you in another thread. It was immature of me. I must admit, I was somewhat discombobul...

The question is predicated on a faulty assumption. Number lines do not exist (or, at least, cannot be described). Definitions All definitions are of t...

I very much like and appreciate your description of the current state of knowledge. Impossible assumption There is an impossible assumption at the cor...

Deduction I have a deck of cards containing one card - the jack of spades. I draw one card. It is necessarily the jack of spades. This is just inducti...

Fun video! I like what you are putting down. This seems very reasonable to me. However, I find myself unclear as to your distinction between deduction...

Relationships look like everything you experience. If you only ever experience relationships - then relationships look like everything you experience....

You are trying to criticise me for your interpretations. This is sheerest nonsense. I feel as though you are trying to gaslight me. Do you really mean...

Good question. You exist. Your existence encompasses your entire existence. Your thoughts and your experiences are aspects of your existence. Each par...

You are most welcome. You exist. This is self-evident to you. However, you cannot prove your existence to me beyond all possible doubt (as a definite ...

Bitesize isn't quite the same as simple - or at least, not the idea of simple I had in mind. Talking is a complex physical, biological and mental proc...

But you (and everyone else) cannot describe a thing in the absence of relationships. for all X { X=not(Everything else) } The intrinsic properties, es...

Connected The universe is a single connected entity within which differences can be discerned. All definitions/descriptions are of the form: X is not ...

I'm not sure I see a distinction here. One thing with many aspects (due to relative position in space-time) seems functionally equivalent to many thin...

What I am reading is: "All definitions are circular, but..." or "Knowledge is dichotomous, except..." We have a solid observational foundation that yo...

For all A { A is NOT (Everything else) } Example: Small is not Large Small is not Metaphysics Small is not a curtain rail etc. This is just a re-state...

What I read is "yes, and..." All definitions are circular, AND your description of dichotomies. I agree that dichotomies have been around forever. How...

Whether the universe is deterministic and the possibility of free will in a deterministic universe are interesting and relevant questions. Unfortunate...

I feel there isn't (or shouldn't be) a choice. The significance of context is readily observed and widely acknowledged. It isn't a new insight. Any ra...

I wasn't familiar with Saussurean linguistics. Thank you for the references - much appreciated. Precedence I think a great deal of what I'm talking ab...

I think you are each asserting that it is possible to do something that is impossible. I'm not saying you, specifically, are making a mistake. I'm say...

If I were writing a computer program to create my universe; each property would be assigned to an independent variable. This suggests to me that a par...

I can see your argument - but it doesn't land because I think you are pre-supposing a distinction between hallucination and reality that I don't think...

Impossible to reach omniscience - yes. But partial understanding is better than no understanding. We are agreeing with each other so hard here it make...

But a sentence is not the same as a string. The interpretation of a sentence depends on the context/axioms. The same string in two axiomatic systems i...

Okay. Are all ideas equally simple? Is the idea of an elephant the same as the idea of a line from the perspective of complexity? The graph presented ...

Copied and edited from another thread Beautiful. I would be interested in an expansion of your concept of 'paradox'. Context makes it appear relevant ...

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. First Order Logic is not the same thing as you are talking about. It is cle...

Beautiful. I would be interested in an expansion of your concept of 'paradox'. Context makes it appear relevant and I can see several ways in which ou...

It is possible to consider the entire history of philosophy as an examination of ideas. I struggle to imagine any scenario in which that history can b...

I see your arguments and they seem well formed given your assumptions. We have enough commonality that we are clearly drawing from similar enough expe...

What do you mean "introduced"? Are you saying there is a second round of axiomatic systems where we introduce more axioms? The very strong impression ...

Could you define 'distinct' for me, please? Everything I see is connected. Connection seems to me to be one of the fundamental properties of the unive...

Right back at ya, big fellow (in a friendly, affectionate and non-gender assumptive manner). Common terms Formal and informal: Logic existed before ma...

Your posts read like stream of thought. In your second post, particularly, you seem to be riffing on the ideas of existence, hallucination and nihilis...

I've read through the thread. There are some darned good points being made. My interpretation of your paper is that you have outlined the mechanism fo...

Part 1 Bear with me - this may not seem like I'm answering your question but I have a plan. The universe is exactly what we perceive. Alternatively, e...