Re: MD Undeniable Facts

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Tue Apr 15 2003 - 13:57:33 BST

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    Hi Jonathan:

    Such a long time since you posted. You had me worried. Wonderful to
    hear from you.

    > > Steve asked:
    > > Platt, do you disagree with the statement "truth is context dependent"?
    > > Matt, can something be "absolutely true" within a given context?
    > >
    >
    > Please don't forget Goedel, who (as I understand it) showed that there is
    > no absolute watertight definition for any context. Thus the "absoluteness"
    > of the truth is dependent on the (non)absoluteness of the context.

    Is not Goedel's Theorem itself absolute? Has anyone been able to
    overthrow it?

    Platt

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