Re: Readings in (some of the) foundations of mathematics --- tree of knowledge

On 03/07/2026 23:36, Ross Finlayson wrote:
> On 07/03/2026 11:17 AM, olcott wrote:
>> On 7/3/2026 12:34 PM, Ross Finlayson wrote:
>>> On 07/03/2026 08:23 AM, olcott wrote:
>>>> On 7/3/2026 3:41 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>> On 02/07/2026 17:45, olcott wrote:
>>>>>> On 7/2/2026 1:44 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>> That depends on the semantic system. Often the meaning of the word
>>>>>>> "cat" indeed involves that what is called a "cat" is also called
>>>>>>> an "animal" but there are other posiibilities. Conseqently, the
>>>>>>> sentence "cats are animals" can be a semantic tautology that tells
>>>>>>> nothing about the real world,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It tells us exactly one thing about the real world 1 != 0
>>>>>
>>>>> A tautology tells nothing about the real world. Sometimes one can
>>>>> have a false impression that something is said about the real world
>>>>> when a tautology is presented. But that impression is a consequence
>>>>> of insufficient or invalid consideration of logic and semantics.
>>>>>
>>>> Stipulative definition of relations between finite
>>>> strings is the only way that these finite strings
>>>> acquire semantic meaning.
>>>>
>>>> Try to find some other way that "cats" <are> "animals"
>>>> can acquire semantic meaning besides Davidson Semantics.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yet:  man is an animal, yet, man is not an animal.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> By different definitions of animal that would have
>> different GUIDs in my system. Most literally man
>> is an animal and "man is not an animal" is objectively
>> incorrect. That man has a different set of abilities
>> than most animals is also being updated. Chimps have
>> been proven capable of abstract thought.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> computer science 101
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> 
> Most thinking beings are feeling beings
> and most feeling beings are thinking beings.

Possibly but hard to determine as both thinking and feeling are
often invisible. Synthetic prychology has shown that much can be
achieved without either.

-- 
Mikko