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    From olcott@polcott333@gmail.com to comp.theory,sci.lang,sci.math.symbolic,sci.math,comp.ai.philosophy on Wed May 27 14:07:09 2026
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    Unlike the blurry mess of the analytic/synthetic distinction
    This specifies an unequivocal dividing line:

    (a) Some expressions of language are proven entirely true on the basis
    of other expressions of language.

    (b) Other expressions of language are stipulated to be true.

    The link between (a) and (b) is semantic entailment specified
    syntactically.
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    Copyright 2026 Olcott

    My 28 year goal has been to make
    "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"
    reliably computable for the entire body of knowledge.
    The complete structure of this system is now defined.

    The entire body of knowledge expressed in language is
    comprised of two types of relations between finite strings:
    (a) *Axioms* Expressions of language that are stipulated to be true.

    My system bridges the analytic/synthetic distinction by
    expressly encoding all empirical "atomic facts" in a formal
    language such as CycL of the Cyc project.

    (b) *Inference Rules* Expressions of language that are semantically
    entailed syntactically from (a) and/or (b).

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