Re: William T. Parry gets rid of Disjunction introduction
dbush <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | sci.logic,sci.math,comp.theory,comp.ai.philosophy |
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On 7/1/2026 11:25 AM, olcott wrote: > On 7/1/2026 2:32 AM, Mikko wrote: >> On 30/06/2026 16:55, olcott wrote: >>> On 6/30/2026 3:10 AM, Mikko wrote: >>>> On 29/06/2026 16:55, olcott wrote: >>>>> On 6/28/2026 4:32 AM, Mikko wrote: >>>>>> On 27/06/2026 21:29, olcott wrote: >>>>>>> On 6/27/2026 1:24 PM, dbush wrote: >>>>>>>> On 6/27/2026 2:03 PM, olcott wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 6/27/2026 12:54 PM, dbush wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On 6/27/2026 11:11 AM, polcott wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On 6/27/2026 2:08 AM, Mikko wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> On 26/06/2026 15:49, olcott wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 6/26/2026 1:49 AM, Mikko wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 26/06/2026 04:32, olcott wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> William T. Parry, Entailment Logics >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gets rid of Disjunction introduction >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to prevent the principle of explosion >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A simple logical matrix and sequent calculus for >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Parry’s logic of Analytic Implication >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The main and distinctive feature of PAI (and of the many >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> systems of analytic implication belonging to its ilk) is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the rejection of the classically valid principle of >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Addition, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sometimes also referred to as Disjunction Introduction. In >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> other words, the principle leading from a formula ϕ to a >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> disjunction of the form ϕ ∨ ψ, where ψ is an arbitrary >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> formula. Parry blamed on this principle the derivability >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the paradoxes of strict implication—given that it is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> famously featured in Lewis’ derivation of an arbitrary >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> formula ψ from a contradiction of the form ϕ ∧ ¬ϕ. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://philarchive.org/archive/SZMASL >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> He also gets rid of an efficient way to convince people >>>>>>>>>>>>>> who don't >>>>>>>>>>>>>> understand much of logic. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> As I recently showed in another post. I figured >>>>>>>>>>>>> all this out on my own. I didn't even know that >>>>>>>>>>>>> anyone else ever did this. I just knew that when >>>>>>>>>>>>> trying to find out what is deduced from a set of >>>>>>>>>>>>> premises that you cannot pop in another sentence >>>>>>>>>>>>> from out of nowhere and get a correct conclusion. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> By popping in another sentence from out of nowhere >>>>>>>>>>>>> (as it shows above) the principle of explosion is >>>>>>>>>>>>> derived. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> The usual meaning of proof is a sequence of statement where >>>>>>>>>>>> eachstatement either is a premis or follows from one or more >>>>>>>>>>>> earlier >>>>>>>>>>>> statements >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Except with Disjunction introduction, that is its problem. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> So you're saying that in the following natural language >>>>>>>>>> statement: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> It is a key issue in that it creates the >>>>>>>>> psychotic break from reality known as the >>>>>>>>> Principle of Explosion, otherwise it may >>>>>>>>> make no difference at all. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Stay on topic or I will block you. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Explain in detail how the below which you dishonestly trimmed is >>>>>>>> off- topic. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The topic is how Disjunction introduction enables the >>>>>>> Principle of Explosion. >>>>>> >>>>>> It does not. In any sensible logic every tautology is provable. >>>>>> Then the principle of explosion follows. >>>>> >>>>> POE is unprovable in both of these more sensible systems >>>>> of logic. >>>> >>>> THe expression "these system" above does not denote. >>> >>> Parry’s logic of Analytic Implication >> >> If the intent was to include that in the denotation you failed >> to say something important. >> > > Parry’s logic of Analytic Implication > and Relevance logic are two sensible systems > that get rid of the Principle of Explosion. > > It was dead-obviously correct to anyone paying > any attention at all that every contradiction > only semantically entails FALSE. False, as you have admitted on the record: On 6/28/2026 11:56 PM, dbush wrote: > On 6/27/2026 11:34 PM, dbush wrote: >> On 6/27/2026 11:23 PM, olcott wrote: >>> On 6/27/2026 9:02 PM, dbush wrote: >>>> On 6/27/2026 9:53 PM, dbush wrote: >>>>> On 6/27/2026 9:49 PM, olcott wrote: >>>>>> On 6/27/2026 8:42 PM, dbush wrote: >>>>>>> On 6/27/2026 9:40 PM, olcott wrote: >>>>>>>> On 6/27/2026 8:29 PM, dbush wrote: >>>>>>>>> Given that the following natural language statement is true: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>> Earth is the third planet from the sun. >>>>>>>>> -------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In the following natural language statement: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>> At least one of the following statements is true: >>>>>>>>> - Earth is the third planet from the sun. >>>>>>>>> - <X> >>>>>>>>> -------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> Given that <X> is any *truth bearing* natural language statement, >>>> does there exist a statement X such that the condition "At least one >>>> of the following statements is true" is false? >>>> >>> >>> Head games will be ignored. >>> >> >> Explain in detail how this is a head game. >> >> Failure to either answer the above question or explain how it is a >> head game in your next reply or within one hour of you next post in >> this newsgroup will be taken as your official, on-the-record admission >> that Disjunction introduction is in fact truth preserving and valid, >> and therefore so is the Principle of Explosion. >> > > Let the record show that Peter Olcott made the following post in this > newsgroup: > > On 6/28/2026 10:52 PM, olcott wrote: > > Q also can't bake a birthday cake, this does not make > > Q in any way "incomplete" relative to what it was > > defined to do. > > ... > > And more that one hour has passed with no attempt to answer the above > question or explain why it is a head game. Therefore, as per the above > criteria: > > Let The Record Show > > That Peter Olcott > > Has *Officially* Admitted: > > That Disjunction introduction is in fact truth preserving and valid, and > therefore so is the Principle of Explosion.