Re: Truthmaker Maximalism and undecidable decision problems

On 6/9/2024 1:31 PM, Richard Damon wrote:

On 6/9/24 2:10 PM, olcott wrote:

On 6/9/2024 1:08 PM, Richard Damon wrote:

On 6/9/24 11:36 AM, olcott wrote:

*This has direct application to undecidable decision problems*
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When we ask the question: What is a truthmaker? The generic answer is
whatever makes an expression of language true <is> its truthmaker. This
entails that if there is nothing in the universe that makes expression X
true then X lacks a truthmaker and is untrue.

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I guess you don't understand Formal Logic then.
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If Formal logic, the logic system starts with an explicit listing of statements and definitions that are considered "True" and logical operations that are considered VALID.
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X may be untrue because X is false. In that case ~X has a truthmaker.
Now we have the means to unequivocally define truth-bearer. X is a
truth-bearer iff (if and only if) X or ~X has a truthmaker.
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I have been working in this same area as a non-academician for a few
years. I have only focused on expressions of language that are {true on
the basis of their meaning}.
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Which seems to mean you have focused on general Philosophy, and NOT formal logic, which has a much broader definition of "truth", and thus room to argue it.

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When I specify the ultimate foundation of all truth then this
does apply to truth in logic, truth in math and truth in science.
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 Except that such a foundation only applies to logics built on that foundation.
 

Clearly you do not comprehend the term:
The actual {ultimate foundation of all truth}.
Nonsense systems can be created where
2 + 3 = "I fell down and hurt my knee."
For the actual correct notion of an expression
of language with the property of {True} something
making it true is required or it is untrue.
We can stipulate a term-of-the-art where "True(x)"
means a bucket of rusted bolts sitting in our front
yard. That has no effect what-so-ever on actual {True}.
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