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The way I see it, Aristotle used language as a reasoning tool. Logic inference rules, modus ponens, and so on. Aristotle was also unaware of the incompleteness
by Shorel 1y ago
The way I see it, Aristotle used language as a reasoning tool. Logic inference rules, modus ponens, and so on.
Aristotle was also unaware of the incompleteness problem discovered by Gödel, that no reasoning tool of that type can be complete.
There are fundamental contradictions in the nature of language, it however doesn't make them not useful for the entire experience of daily communication, all of literature, and so on.
Just that there are affirmations that are true, but there is no set of rules that can prove them.
I would point you to Gödel, Escher, Bach for a very nuanced discussion about this topic.
- Mallowram 1y agoThe problem of the GEB is it's containment in symbols. Godel was unaware of the the potential for direct perception, and ecological psychology, and coordination dynamics. All three are possible non-contradictory paths to direct perception. Time to put math aside and search for new possibility.