From: Nam Nguyen on
William Hughes wrote:
> On May 20, 1:19 am, Nam Nguyen <namducngu...(a)shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> > There's a model in which the universe and all n-ary relations
> > are empty, and this is the model for all inconsistent formal
> > systems.
>
> Are you claiming that there is a model for an inconsistent
> formal system?

I already posted a subsequent post to clarify what I had said above.
This is in that subsequent post (with a typo correction: "for all
inconsistent theories", instead of "for all consistent theories"):

>> There's a (minor) degree of glossing here. Technically, per
>> each language L, there's one false model for all inconsistent
>> theories written in that language. In details the false model
>> per a language L(s1, S2, s3, ...) is:
>>
>> M = {<'A',U>, <=,{}>, <s1,{}>, <s2,{}>, <s3,{}>, ...}
>>
>> where U = {}, s1, s2, s3 are n-ary symbol of L.
>>
>> Having had the above caveat, there's only one kind of false models
>> for all inconsistent theories: the kind in which all the U's and
>> n-ary predicates are the empty set.

So yes, an inconsistent formal system written in an L has the _false_
model per that L.
From: William Hughes on
On May 21, 12:33 am, Nam Nguyen <namducngu...(a)shaw.ca> wrote:

> So yes, an inconsistent formal system written in an L has the _false_
> model per that L.

Oh I see, an inconsistent system T does not have a model but it
does have a false model.

- William Hughes
From: Nam Nguyen on
William Hughes wrote:
> On May 21, 12:33 am, Nam Nguyen <namducngu...(a)shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> So yes, an inconsistent formal system written in an L has the _false_
>> model per that L.
>
> Oh I see, an inconsistent system T does not have a model but it
> does have a false model.

Right. But when we say about a consistent T's having a model we usually
let it be understood that it's meant to be a model in which there's a
non-empty relation for some formula to be true, unlike the false model.

But either of the 2 model-types is still _a valid structure_ which
is a _non-empty set of order-pairs_, each of which the 2nd component
_might be an empty set_. Naturally.

Don't fall into a trap of glossing over the phrase "a model" as if it
meant there's only one model-type. That would be incorrect.
From: Nam Nguyen on
Aatu Koskensilta wrote:
> Nam Nguyen <namducnguyen(a)shaw.ca> writes:
>
>> What's the point for me taking a course when I cited
>> _text book_ definition of model (e.g. condition iii pg 18,
>> phrase "other than =", Shoendfield, and other quotes), and
>> nobody _including you_ gave a slight reflection on them?
>
> You should reflect on Shoenfield's fine text more vigorously. Go on,
> reflect away!

I did a few times.

Let F <-> (0 = x \/ 0 < x). Now on page 22, Shoenfield had something
to the effect that the naturals is collectively a model of Q (he
named it 'N').

Why don't you make some reflections of your own and tell us if F
is true or false in the naturals, since you seem to believe the
knowledge of the naturals is not of intuitive nature.
From: William Hughes on
On May 21, 1:49 am, Nam Nguyen <namducngu...(a)shaw.ca> wrote:
> William Hughes wrote:
> > On May 21, 12:33 am, Nam Nguyen <namducngu...(a)shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> >> So yes, an inconsistent formal system written in an L has the _false_
> >> model per that L.
>
> > Oh I see, an inconsistent system T does not have a model but it
> > does have a false model.
>
> Right.

So can you answer yes or no: Does an inconsistent system
have a model?

- William Hughes