Re: The simple essence of Proof Theoretic Semantics

Mikko <[email protected]>
Newsgroups comp.theory,sci.logic,comp.ai.philosophy,sci.math
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On 06/07/2026 18:39, olcott wrote:
> On 7/6/2026 4:00 AM, Mikko wrote:
>> On 04/07/2026 16:38, olcott wrote:
>>> On 7/4/2026 2:41 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>> On 03/07/2026 21:10, olcott wrote:
>>>>> On 7/3/2026 12:10 PM, dbush wrote:
>>>>>> On 7/3/2026 12:52 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>> On 7/3/2026 10:50 AM, dbush wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 7/3/2026 11:36 AM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 7/3/2026 4:22 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 02/07/2026 17:51, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Do you know enough about C to understand that
>>>>>>>>>>> dbush example was foolish nonsense when proposed
>>>>>>>>>>> to show the halting problem counter-example?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It is a valid example of a C program. It was present as a part 
>>>>>>>>>> of a
>>>>>>>>>> claim about you, and your response was the false claim that "That
>>>>>>>>>> is just nonsense". Later in the discussion you offer more 
>>>>>>>>>> evidence
>>>>>>>>>> to support his claim.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> His halt decider did not look at its input.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Nor is it required to.  All it needs to do is map inputs to 
>>>>>>>> outputs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So a piece of metal sitting on the ground is an automobile.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does algorithm H map machine description X and machine input Y to 
>>>>>> an output of either 0 or 1?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Ignoring the input IS NOT A MAPPING
>>>>
>>>> No, but dbush's program H implements a mapping anyway. It just is
>>>> a different mapping from the one a halt decider is required to do.
>>>
>>> Making it complete nonsense.
>>
>> The program has a well defined meaning so it is not non-sense.
>> That it may be too big or complex for you is irrelevant.
>>
> 
> It has zero correspondence to the HP counter-example
> input thus the claim that is does is a damned lie.

Irrelevant to the comment that the program has a well defined meaning so
it is not non-sense. And it is an exmaple that illustrates the idea of a
counter-example. But apparently the idea is too hard for you even with
the illustration.

-- 
Mikko
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