I haven't cast anything into set language, just using words.
However, if you identify a universal dovetailer UD with its execution
trace UD*, then UD* would indeed not statisfy the foundation axiom.
However, I tend not to make that identification, and also just to play
it safe I'm in the habit of using the term "ensemble" when referring
to things like UD*.
As for causal chains - what does set theory have to do with that?
Cheers
On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 11:20:26PM -0500, Stephen Paul King wrote:
>
> Hi Russel,
>
> Are you assuming non-well founded sets?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-well-founded_set_theory
>
> Onward!
>
> Stephen
>
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> From: "Russell Standish" <lists.domain.name.hidden>
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> Subject: Re: UDA revisited
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>
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 02:36:04PM +1100, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
> >>
> >> But if a physical universe is needed to run the UD, without a physical
> >> universe
> >> there is no UD. It's a circular argument unless you have some other
> >> argument
> >> showing a computation can run without physical hardware.
> >>
> >> Stathis Papaioannou
> >
> > The argument is that its "turtles all the way down", or in other words
> > that there is no first cause.
> >
> > It seems that there are three possibilities:
> >
> > 1. Causal chains are infinite and unbounded
> > 2. Causal chains are infinite but bounded (the causal chain is
> > circular).
> > 3. Casual chains are finite and bounded (first cause is needed)
> >
> > Only in case 3 is a physical universe needed to run the UD. My
> > personal taste is for case 2, but I doubt there is any way of
> > empirically settling the matter, and many people find all 3 options
> > distasteful.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > PS - I'll need to think a bit about Colin's post... :)
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