this is essentially saying another way that the totality of facts is that and only that what an omniscient being can perceive. — Question
The world just is. Facts are something we create from our intersection with the world as part of forming knowledge. — Marchesk
I'm not sure if people can look past through the profundity of this statement; but, this is essentially saying another way that the totality of facts is that and only that what an omniscient being can perceive. — Question
Thus there are more facts than members of T, therefore no "totality of facts" can exist QED. — tom
You've only shown there to be no infinite and denumerable totality of facts. There could still be a finite, or a non-denumerable, totality of facts. At any rate, that would not be ruled out on the basis of such a proof. — Pierre-Normand
This is clearly not true. A computer is a logical space, which behavior is dictated by logical facts. Ask Turing. And as per the Church-Turing-Deutsch principle, the world is the totality of facts, not things. — Question
This is clearly not true. A computer is a logical space, which behavior is dictated by logical facts. Ask Turing. And as per the Church-Turing-Deutsch principle, the world is the totality of facts, not things. — Question
Love the argument, Tom; but I have to say I agree with Pierre-Normand that what you have shown is that the totality of facts is uncountable, not that it is impossible. — Banno
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