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Re: This is False. 0/0 {x | x ~e x} e {x | x ~e x} A single Principle to Resolve Several Paradoxes
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Feb 3, 2013 6:12 PM
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On Feb 3, 4:56 pm, Graham Cooper <grahamcoop...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Feb 4, 7:18 am, Charlie-Boo <shymath...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 3, 4:03 pm, Graham Cooper <grahamcoop...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Feb 4, 3:01 am, Charlie-Boo <shymath...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Feb 1, 3:35 pm, Graham Cooper <grahamcoop...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Feb 2, 4:09 am, Charlie-Boo <shymath...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > There is a peculiar parallel between Semantic Paradoxes, Set Theory > > > > > > Paradoxes and ordinary formal Arithmetic. > > > > > > > Consider the following 3 pairs of expressions in English, Set Theory > > > > > > and Mathematics: > > > > > > > A > > > > > > This is false. > > > > > > This is true. > > > > > > > B > > > > > > 1/0 > > > > > > 0/0 > > > > > > > C > > > > > > {x | x ~e x} e {x | x ~e x} > > > > > > {x | x e x} e {x | x ~e x} > > > > > > {x | x ~e x} e {x | x e x} > > > > > > {x | x e x} e {x | x e x} > > > > > > > A is the Liar Paradox, B is simple Arithmetic, and C is Russell?s > > > > > > Paradox. > > > > > > This is Russells Paradox > > > > > > {x | x ~e x} e {x | x ~e x} > > > > > <-> > > > > > {x | x ~e x} ~e {x | x ~e x} > > > > > > To make a consistent set theory the formula { x | x ~e x } > > > > > must be flagged somehow. > > > > > How do you define a wff - precisely? That is the problem. Frege was > > > > right, Russell was wrong, and all you need is an exact (formal) > > > > definition of wff. > > > > > C-B > > > > in the usual manner by Syntactic construction. > > > > IF X is a WFF > > > THEN ALL(Y) X is a WFF > > > > and so on. > > > The problem isn't with the connectives. What can X be for starters - > > the most primitive wffs from which we build others? > > > C-B > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_order_logic#Formation_rules > > In PROLOG we use lowercase words for TERMS > and uppercase words for VARIABLES > > ATOMIC PREDICATE
ATOMIC PREDICATE meaning relation?
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> p( a1, a2, a3, ... an) > > where ak is either a term or a variable. > p is also a term. > > The connectives are superfluous, just use > > if( X, Y ) > > not( X ) > > and( X, Y) > > which are special predicates in that their arguments are predicates > themselves. > > ----- > > For Quantifiers, all solved variables EXIST() > and I need a routine for SUBSET( var, set1, set2 ) > which can do quantifier ALL(var). > > A(x):D P(x) > > <=> > > { x | x e D } C { x | P(x) } > > Now all Predicate Calculus can be expressed in Atomic Predicates. > p(a,b,c) > > Herc
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