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fom
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Re: Formally Unknowability, or absolute Undecidability, of certain
arithmetic formulas.
Posted:
Jan 29, 2013 4:17 AM
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On 1/28/2013 11:38 PM, Nam Nguyen wrote:
> On 28/01/2013 12:06 AM, fom wrote:
>> On 1/27/2013 11:22 AM, Nam Nguyen wrote:
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>>> In this thread, we propose a solution to this differentiation
>>> difficulty: semantic _re-interpretation_ of _logical symbols_ .
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>> It sounds more like "coordinated interpretation."
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>> That is what mathematical realism is already doing.
>> The existence quantifier is co-interpreted with some
>> notion of truth. This is the historical debate
>> from description theory addressing presupposition failure.
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>> One of the foundational insights of Frege's researches
>> was to interpret contradiction existentially. In
>> contrast, Kant interpreted contradiction modally.
>> This would suggest non-existence and impossibility
>> are already coordinated in such a way that the
>> two forms of logic branch at the outset.
>>
>> There are, of course, intensional logics that
>> mix the senses of these logics. This is where
>> the terms "de re" and "de facto" find their
>> nuanced meanings in relation to quantifier-operator
>> order.
>>
>> No one, of course, has tried to use anything
>> like an arithmetical numbering to provide
>> correlated, but distinct, model theories to
>> interpret a single situation (quantificational
>> logic) so as to eliminate irrelevant modal
>> possibilities.
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> Would you have any link on "coordinated interpretation"?
I was simply paraphrasing what your proposal sounds like.
>
> I'm not sure if all of those logic's would be related to my proposal
> here, which is simply re-interpreting the logical symbols _ in any_
> _which way_ one would feel pleased, provided that:
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> a) The re-interpretations be cohesively meaningful (and logical).
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> b) Certain corresponding provision for formula's truth and falsehood
> be available.
Look for work on "free logics." There are axiomatizations
that define "existential import." Consequently, the usual
existential quantifier is primitive, but the model theory
supports quantification over a class partitioned into
substantive and non-substantive objects.
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