Re: At least 100 people kept denying the easily verified fact -- closure

On 6/8/24 9:12 AM, olcott wrote:

On 6/8/2024 2:31 AM, Mikko wrote:

On 2024-06-07 22:35:24 +0000, olcott said:
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On 6/7/2024 5:22 PM, joes wrote:

Am Fri, 07 Jun 2024 17:11:00 -0500 schrieb olcott:

That it is literally impossible to prove that the following is false
conclusively proves that it is true and the proof really need not be
wrapped in any tuxedo.

If you consider it unfalsifiable, why do you care?
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The entire body of truth is unfalsifiable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability
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That "cats" <are> "animals" is unfalsifiable because
it is inherently true.
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You are conflating empirical with analytical truth.

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The distinction is not that clear. How do whe know what is the right
way to identify an analytical truth? Why do we consider certain ways
right and other wrong? Why do we apply the word "truth" to both
empirical and analitical truth?
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 Any expression that can be verified as completely true entirely
on the basis of the meaning of its words is analytically true.
"Puppies are not any type of fifteen story office building."
 

And which formal system are you claim =ing that in?
That is your problem, you don't understand that all the things you are talking about are ideas in FORMAL SYSTEMS, not just generic philosophy of logic, and thus we have a different set of rules about truth.