From: Aatu Koskensilta on
Nam Nguyen <namducnguyen(a)shaw.ca> writes:

> Iirc, somewhere in the forum, AK said something to the effect that
> the naturals collectively isn't a model (something like the truths
> about the naturals aren't model theoretically truths).

What on Earth are you on about?

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From: Aatu Koskensilta on
stevendaryl3016(a)yahoo.com (Daryl McCullough) writes:

> I'm not sure what he meant by that.

I don't recall saying anything like "truths about the naturals aren't
model theoretically truths" whatever it's supposed to mean.

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From: Aatu Koskensilta on
"Jesse F. Hughes" <jesse(a)phiwumbda.org> writes:

> But it ends in meaninglessness, right?

As "Australias leading erotic poet" once put it:

G�del is a complete failure as he ends in utter meaninglessness.

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From: Nam Nguyen on
Aatu Koskensilta wrote:
> Nam Nguyen <namducnguyen(a)shaw.ca> writes:
>
>> Iirc, somewhere in the forum, AK said something to the effect that
>> the naturals collectively isn't a model (something like the truths
>> about the naturals aren't model theoretically truths).
>
> What on Earth are you on about?
>

That's why I didn't make anassertion. I have to do some searching to
cite where I think you said something to the effect.

Meantime, are you then saying the naturals is collectively a model
of PA? If so how would you prove PA is _syntactically_ consistent
to begin with?
From: Aatu Koskensilta on
Nam Nguyen <namducnguyen(a)shaw.ca> writes:

> Aren't these a bit circular: you're explaining the naturals using the
> naturals?

Why do you think Daryl's definition of a model was an explanation of
anything?

> But no one has asked for the the truth of every formula. I just
> requested for only _1_ formula: (1)!

Why should Daryl know whether the formula you described is true or
false?

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