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Re: Lesser Magic ... & LIES ...
« Reply #90 on: March 06, 2016, 08:42:17 am »
Quote from: DIASPORA-1963;187611
Truth is to be defined as that which is either self-evident (for instance, the Earth circles the Sun), that which is (nearly) universally accepted (for instance, the Gregorian calendar year 2016), or that which has been proven by empirical evidence (for instance, gravity); truth will also include such items that can be established via sufficient documentary evidence (ie, evidence in keeping w/academic standards).
Falsity is any assertion that cannot meet at least one of the preceding qualifications.

What you call "truth" here I'd call "demonstrated fact". Your definition of "falsity" seems to be anything that is not a "demonstrated truth" -- which may include things which are factual but cannot (yet in some cases?) be "demonstrated". Those seem to be strange definitions of "truth" and "falsity" from a philosophy/logic POV -- at least to my mind.
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Re: Lesser Magic ... & LIES ...
« Reply #91 on: March 06, 2016, 10:39:42 am »
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What you call "truth" here I'd call "demonstrated fact". Your definition of "falsity" seems to be anything that is not a "demonstrated truth" -- which may include things which are factual but cannot (yet in some cases?) be "demonstrated". Those seem to be strange definitions of "truth" and "falsity" from a philosophy/logic POV -- at least to my mind.

 
Correct. But - as stated elsewhere in the thread - we are creating a particular paradigm. The rules of creating paradigms allow us to set out definitions that might not accord squarely w/the usually accepted definitions of this or that word/phrase/concept - so long as we make clear that we are doing so. Let us call this "Experimental Paradigm # 1 Between D & F" - & you are welcome to join, if you would like ...

Actually, I, for one, believe that no human can claim to KNOW the TRUTH. Facts are all that humans can, truly, assert. We are capable of being honest - but not capable of telling the TRUTH, except by accident - &, even then, we only ever tell a tiny piece of the whole T. The "whole T & nothing but the T" is well beyond anyone's grasp.
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Re: Lesser Magic ... & LIES ...
« Reply #92 on: March 06, 2016, 10:18:35 pm »
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Correct. But - as stated elsewhere in the thread - we are creating a particular paradigm. The rules of creating paradigms allow us to set out definitions that might not accord squarely w/the usually accepted definitions of this or that word/phrase/concept - so long as we make clear that we are doing so. Let us call this "Experimental Paradigm # 1 Between D & F" - & you are welcome to join, if you would like ...

Actually, I, for one, believe that no human can claim to KNOW the TRUTH. Facts are all that humans can, truly, assert. We are capable of being honest - but not capable of telling the TRUTH, except by accident - &, even then, we only ever tell a tiny piece of the whole T. The "whole T & nothing but the T" is well beyond anyone's grasp.

 
I hope that I can make this a bit less confusing to others reading this thread by setting up a more traditional paradigm.

Let "Truth" be represented by the symbol "T".
Let T = the agreed-upon Axioms set forward in this exercise.
Let "Falsity" be represented by the symbol "F".
Let F = not-T.

There, I think that that is a better, clearer beginner. What do you think? Of course, work must be done. But it's a start.
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Re: Lesser Magic ... & LIES ...
« Reply #93 on: March 06, 2016, 10:53:24 pm »
Quote from: DIASPORA-1963;187708
Let "Truth" be represented by the symbol "T".
Let T = the agreed-upon Axioms set forward in this exercise.
Let "Falsity" be represented by the symbol "F".
Let F = not-T.

I'm still confused. You have defined T (truth) as the Axioms (those things simply defined as correct/true). You've defined F (Falsity) as everything that is NOT an axiom. You've covered everything that is or can be imagined right there as either T or F so there is literally nowhere to go from there. Everything is either included in agreed upon axioms ("truth") or it is something else and by your definition above "falsity".
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Re: Lesser Magic ... & LIES ...
« Reply #94 on: March 06, 2016, 11:59:31 pm »
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I'm still confused. You have defined T (truth) as the Axioms (those things simply defined as correct/true). You've defined F (Falsity) as everything that is NOT an axiom. You've covered everything that is or can be imagined right there as either T or F so there is literally nowhere to go from there. Everything is either included in agreed upon axioms ("truth") or it is something else and by your definition above "falsity".

Well, we have not yet agreed upon the axioms, so I have simply stated that T will = the axioms once we have agreed upon them.
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Re: Lesser Magic ... & LIES ...
« Reply #95 on: March 07, 2016, 10:26:17 am »
Quote from: DIASPORA-1963;187712
Well, we have not yet agreed upon the axioms, so I have simply stated that T will = the axioms once we have agreed upon them.

The problem I see with your system as defined is that the axioms are the ENTIRE system. Truth is the axioms, falsity is everything else. Since axioms are accepted without evidence or proof, your are basing defining a system that says "truth is what I (or we) say it is". Framing it up in logical form doesn't change this.
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Re: Lesser Magic ... & LIES ...
« Reply #96 on: March 07, 2016, 10:54:28 am »
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The problem I see with your system as defined is that the axioms are the ENTIRE system. Truth is the axioms, falsity is everything else. Since axioms are accepted without evidence or proof, your are basing defining a system that says "truth is what I (or we) say it is". Framing it up in logical form doesn't change this.
Well, you could be right - we've not got past the axiomatization of the system yet!
Let's wait a bit to see if we can axiomatize it satisfactorily before we torpedo it. There's no harm done: in the end, we are playing, you know. The Fate of the Universe is hardly hanging in the balance, & I do so love to play!
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Re: Lesser Magic ... & LIES ...
« Reply #97 on: March 07, 2016, 12:07:12 pm »
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Well, the calendar is arbitrary - so, in a sense, it cannot be false. It is a mere convention - unless, of course, you are asserting some sort of an Hermetical T.
Again - the academic standards are arbitrary; however, they have the advantage of being uniform & can, thus, be applied universally.
Even so, Euclid managed w/a mere 6 self-evident axioms.


The premise remains faulty. If something arbitrary cannot be false, then F is arbitrarily also T and T can arbitrarily be F.
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Re: Lesser Magic ... & LIES ...
« Reply #98 on: March 07, 2016, 01:13:22 pm »
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The premise remains faulty. If something arbitrary cannot be false, then F is arbitrarily also T and T can arbitrarily be F.

Well, since this is a unique paradigm, I am willing to yield.What, then, would you say is our axiomatic definition of T?
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Re: Lesser Magic ... & LIES ...
« Reply #99 on: March 07, 2016, 01:35:15 pm »
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Well, since this is a unique paradigm, I am willing to yield.What, then, would you say is our axiomatic definition of T?

Let T be self-evident truth.
Let P be perception.
Let W1 be physical phenomena in the World.
Let W2 be cultural phenomena in the World.
Let E be expression.

If the equation doesn't balance to T, then that would be not-T. However, if all F is lie then not-T does not equal F because an honest mistake or dissenting opinion (P to E, not to W) is different from a lie even if it doesn't equal W. All lies may be false, but falsity doesn't equal lie. By the same rule, Honesty does not equal T.

Let A be agency.
Let - value of A be deliberate harmful lies.
Let + value of A be harmless lies that are not deliberate.
A cannot equal 0, unless we propose either intent or effect as neutral.

Does that come off as a better set? (Sorry, wanting for superscripts.)
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Re: Lesser Magic ... & LIES ...
« Reply #100 on: March 08, 2016, 12:01:06 am »
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Let T be self-evident truth.
Let P be perception.
Let W1 be physical phenomena in the World.
Let W2 be cultural phenomena in the World.
Let E be expression.

If the equation doesn't balance to T, then that would be not-T. However, if all F is lie not to W) is different from a lie even if it doesn't equal W. All lies may be false, but then not-T does not equal F because an honest mistake or dissenting opinion (P to E,  falsity doesn't equal lie. By the same rule, Honesty does not equal T.

Let A be agency.
Let - value of A be deliberate harmful lies.
Let + value of A be harmless lies that are not deliberate.
A cannot equal 0, unless we propose either intent or effect as neutral.

Does that come off as a better set? (Sorry, wanting for superscripts.)

 
Let A = "agency" (to be defined)
Let -A = the value of "deliberate, harmful lies" (to be defined)
Let +A = the value of "not-deliberate, harmless lies" (to be defined)
Let E = "expression" (to be defined)
Let P = "perception" (to be defined)
Let W*1 = "physical phenomena in the World" (to be defined)
Let W*2 = "cultural phenomena in the World" (to be defined)

A fuller set of variables, still in need of work.
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