Re: William T. Parry gets rid of Disjunction introduction
André G. Isaak <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | sci.logic,comp.theory,comp.ai.philosophy,sci.math |
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| Organization | Christians and Atheists United Against Creeping Agnosticism |
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On 2026-07-06 13:06, olcott wrote: > On 7/6/2026 1:57 PM, André G. Isaak wrote: >> On 2026-07-06 11:54, olcott wrote: >>> On 7/6/2026 5:17 AM, Mikko wrote: >>>> On 04/07/2026 16:15, olcott wrote: >>>>> On 7/4/2026 1:37 AM, Mikko wrote: >>>>>> On 03/07/2026 17:46, olcott wrote: >>>>>>> On 7/3/2026 3:17 AM, Mikko wrote: >>>>>>>> On 02/07/2026 17:37, olcott wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> x = "The Moon is made from green cheese" >>>>>>>>> y = "Donald Trump is the one and only Lord and Savior Jesus >>>>>>>>> Christ: >>>>>>>>> POE concludes (x ∧ ¬x) ⊢ y >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> "the principle of explosion is the theorem according to >>>>>>>>> which any statement can be proven from a contradiction" >>>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_explosion >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> When you pay attention to the meaning of the words >>>>>>>>> and correctly apply correct semantic entailment on >>>>>>>>> the basis of the meaning of those words then the >>>>>>>>> principle of explosion is a PSYCHOTIC BREAK FROM REALITY. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> No, it is not. The premise x above is a break from reality. But >>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>> is not in logic, it was introduced by you. Even without the >>>>>>>> principle >>>>>>>> of explosion it is possible to infer a false conclusion from a >>>>>>>> false >>>>>>>> premise. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Yes. From "I am 35 feet tall" ⊢ "I am 35 feet tall" >>>>>>> and as you said my premise is literally FALSE >>>>>>> (P ∧ ~P) ⊢ FALSE >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The principle of explosion merely facilitates tinding a >>>>>>>> conclusion that is so obviously false that it convincingly proves >>>>>>>> that the remise is false. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There is nothing semantically relevant that can be >>>>>>> proven from a contradiction besides bare FALSE and >>>>>>> bare FALSE only entails bare FALSE. >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, there is. From the contradiction "I have blue eyes and >>>>>> I don't have blue eyes" one can prove "I have blue eyes" and >>>>>> "I don't have blue eyes", both of which are semantically >>>>>> relevant, and one of which in addition is false. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> That is greatly restricted from the POE. >>>>> (P ∧ ~P) ⊢ FALSE // is what can really be proved semantically >>>> >>>> If you can prove that FALSE is true then what is not true? >>>> >>> >>> That is not proving that false is true. >>> It is stipulating that contradictions >>> only derive bare FALSE. >> >> Apparently you don't understand what 'derives' means. >> > > (P ∧ ~P) ⊢ ⊥ is a stipulated axiom. FALSE was the dumbed down version. Which would mean that (P ∧ ~P) proves that ⊥ is true. Again, an example of explosion. André -- To email remove 'invalid' & replace 'gm' with well known Google mail service.