Re: ... cosmology? KNIGHT & KNAVE

From: James N Rose <integrity.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 07:14:36 -0700

consistency permits relevance and non-relevance,
which bifurcates into potential appliable-logics. [plural]

Jamie



blighcapn.domain.name.hidden wrote:
>
> Is that the same as
> "Relevant, consistent statements permit logical deduction."
> Bligh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James N Rose <integrity.domain.name.hidden>
> Sent: Jul 22, 2004 8:26 AM
> To: everything-list.domain.name.hidden
> Subject: Re: ... cosmology? KNIGHT & KNAVE
>
> Bruno,
>
> Nice story and game depiction; it does help - somewhat - to explain
> a more expansive generalization of 'decidability' ..the bedrock on
> which 'logic' (at least for the traditional understanding of that term)
> relies.
>
> Global consistency 'permits' decidability 'which permits' logic.
>
> But there are prefaces to -those- relations. And direct indication
> thereby that consistency is 'necessary' but not alone 'sufficient'
> to arise 'decision', and then 'logic'.
>
> Case: have your student place the call. but the native answers in
> cantonese ; or, doesn't know the significance of the device called
> 'phone' and thinks it just an interesting noise-maker.
>
> A 'consistency' of co-presence would exist in such a universe, but
> not a 'requisite interaction' rule.
>
> Yet a 'logic of co-existence' -would- exist _strong enough and pervasive
> enough_ to accomodate co-presence -with- 'involvement and no involvement'
> simultaneously.
>
> So .. first there must be a:
>
> "global consistency 'which permits' decidability AND non-decidability"
>
> before you can generate the option sub-path ..
>
> Global consistency 'permits' decidability 'which permits' logic.
>
> Jamie Rose
> Ceptual Institute
Received on Thu Jul 22 2004 - 10:18:38 PDT