From: MoeBlee on
On Jun 17, 8:00 am, "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...(a)phiwumbda.org> wrote:

> x=x is
> neither true nor false in Shoenfield's terminology, but rather valid or
> invalid.

I agree that that's the way in Shoenfield. And he says that formula is
valid.

But where does he define 'valid'?

MoeBlee

From: Jesse F. Hughes on
MoeBlee <jazzmobe(a)hotmail.com> writes:

> On Jun 17, 8:00 am, "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...(a)phiwumbda.org> wrote:
>
>> x=x is
>> neither true nor false in Shoenfield's terminology, but rather valid or
>> invalid.
>
> I agree that that's the way in Shoenfield. And he says that formula is
> valid.
>
> But where does he define 'valid'?

Page 19, near the middle or lower half, as I recall, he defines "valid
in M" (or "valid in fancyA", if you prefer). On the following page, he
defines valid (simpliciter).


--
Jesse F. Hughes
"She moaned, in pain and pleasure, as, in a confused whirlwind, she
glimpsed an image of Saint Sebastian riddled with arrows, crucified
and impaled." --Mario Vargas Llosa on category theory
From: Jesse F. Hughes on
MoeBlee <jazzmobe(a)hotmail.com> writes:

> But if the universe is empty while the set of constants is non-empty
> then there is no such function.
>
> So, I don't see how we can have an empty universe for a structure for
> a language that has constants.

Of course that's right.

And that's how it *should* be. If a theory has constants, then its
structures must be non-empty.
--
Jesse F. Hughes

Jesse: Quincy, you should trust me more.
Quincy (age 4): Baba, I never trust you. And I've got good reasons.
From: MoeBlee on
On Jun 17, 2:43 pm, "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...(a)phiwumbda.org> wrote:
> MoeBlee <jazzm...(a)hotmail.com> writes:
> > On Jun 17, 8:00 am, "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...(a)phiwumbda.org> wrote:

> > But where does he define 'valid'?
>
> Page 19, near the middle or lower half, as I recall, he defines "valid
> in M" (or "valid in fancyA", if you prefer).  On the following page, he
> defines valid (simpliciter).

Thanks.

To be exact with his terminology. He defines "valid in fancyA" and
then "logically valid" (what you mean by 'valid simpliciter').

MoeBlee
From: MoeBlee on
On Jun 17, 2:41 pm, "Jesse F. Hughes" <je...(a)phiwumbda.org> wrote:
> MoeBlee <jazzm...(a)hotmail.com> writes:
> > But if the universe is empty while the set of constants is non-empty
> > then there is no such function.
>
> > So, I don't see how we can have an empty universe for a structure for
> > a language that has constants.
>
> Of course that's right.
>
> And that's how it *should* be.  If a theory has constants, then its
> structures must be non-empty.  

Then (as long as Aatu agrees with you) I have nothing further for the
court. All other details may be found in my amicus brief.

MoeBlee