• The Halting Problem is Incoherent

    From olcott@polcott333@gmail.com to comp.theory,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.ai.philosophy on Wed Oct 15 11:18:28 2025
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    Ever since 1997 the author has investigated the fundamental
    nature of “true on the basis of meaning”. The traditional
    analytic / synthetic distinction is unequivocally demarcated into:

    (a) True on the basis of meaning fully expressed as
    relations between finite strings.

    (b) True that can only be verified by sense data from the
    sense organs.

    Any system of reasoning that begins with a consistent set
    of stipulated truths and only applies the truth preserving
    operation of semantic logical entailment to this finite
    set of basic facts inherently derives a truth predicate
    that works consistently and correctly for this entire body
    of knowledge that can be expressed in language.

    “The halting problem, as classically formulated,
    relies on an inferential step that is not justified
    by a continuous chain of semantic entailment from
    its initial stipulations.”
    ...
    "The halting problem’s definition contains a break
    in the chain of semantic entailment; it asserts
    totality over a domain that its own semantics cannot
    support."

    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/396510896_The_Halting_Problem_is_Incoherent


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  • From olcott@polcott333@gmail.com to comp.theory,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.ai.philosophy on Wed Oct 15 14:11:25 2025
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    On 10/15/2025 2:01 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    On 2025-10-15, olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 10/15/2025 12:19 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
    A much more succinct and accurate explanation is the Peter Olcott is
    wrong. That's been clear for a long time, now.


    When you start with the conclusion that I must
    be wrong as a stipulated truth then that will
    be the conclusion that you will draw.

    Pretty much everyone new here started by assuming you are right, and
    then by so doing, reached obvious falsehoods.

    You've received vast numbers of counter arguments which show that
    you cannot be right, rather than just assume it.

    Once someone discovers you are wrong, and that you produce no
    new ideas or corrections, you just stay wrong.

    Until you produce something fresh, you do not deserve a fresh assumption
    that you might be right; that path is worn out.


    Ever since 1997 the author has investigated the fundamental
    nature of “true on the basis of meaning”. The traditional
    analytic / synthetic distinction is unequivocally demarcated into:

    (a) True on the basis of meaning fully expressed as
    relations between finite strings.

    (b) True that can only be verified by sense data from the
    sense organs.

    Any system of reasoning that begins with a consistent set
    of stipulated truths and only applies the truth preserving
    operation of semantic logical entailment to this finite
    set of basic facts inherently derives a truth predicate
    that works consistently and correctly for this entire body
    of knowledge that can be expressed in language.

    “The halting problem, as classically formulated,
    relies on an inferential step that is not justified
    by a continuous chain of semantic entailment from
    its initial stipulations.”
    ...
    "The halting problem’s definition contains a break
    in the chain of semantic entailment; it asserts
    totality over a domain that its own semantics cannot
    support."

    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/396510896_The_Halting_Problem_is_Incoherent

    Link to the following dialogue https://chatgpt.com/share/68ef97b5-6770-8011-9aad-323009ca7841
    --
    Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
    hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer
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  • From olcott@polcott333@gmail.com to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math,comp.ai.philosophy on Sun Oct 19 10:03:34 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.ai.philosophy

    On 10/19/2025 3:44 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-10-18 10:58:15 +0000, olcott said:

    On 10/18/2025 4:30 AM, Mikko wrote:

    That is not a sense of "proof".

    That is the correct way to do a proof.

    A way to do is not a sense.


    The conventional way to do proofs concludes that
    within its rules if the Moon is made from green
    cheese and the Moon is not made from green cheese
    this proves that Donald Trump is the Lord and savior Jesus Christ.

    https://liarparadox.org/Meaning_Postulates_Rudolf_Carnap_1952.pdf

    Formalizing ALL semantics syntactically and allowing
    semantic logical entailment as the only rule of inference
    prevents nonsense like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_explosion
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    hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer
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  • From Chris M. Thomasson@chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math,comp.ai.philosophy on Sun Oct 19 12:55:50 2025
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    On 10/19/2025 8:03 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 10/19/2025 3:44 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-10-18 10:58:15 +0000, olcott said:

    On 10/18/2025 4:30 AM, Mikko wrote:

    That is not a sense of "proof".

    That is the correct way to do a proof.

    A way to do is not a sense.


    The conventional way to do proofs concludes that
    within its rules if the Moon is made from green
    cheese and the Moon is not made from green cheese
    this proves that Donald Trump is the Lord and savior Jesus Christ.

    Oh man. You need help!



    https://liarparadox.org/Meaning_Postulates_Rudolf_Carnap_1952.pdf

    Formalizing ALL semantics syntactically and allowing
    semantic logical entailment as the only rule of inference
    prevents nonsense like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_explosion


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