Re: Interpretations and assignments.

Torkel Franzen wrote:
> "George Dance" <georgedance04@xxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > To the fact that I'd never studied, or even thought about, that or any
> > similar question before reading it.
>
> But didn't you think about the question? What sort of difficulty
> did
> you encounter in trying to answer it?

First, not having Boolos' actual assertion, but only a second-hand
paraphrase; second, unfamiliarity with some of the terms; third, trying
to reason about it intuitively (or, as you'd put it, with "informal
logical reasoning"). All of which can be traced to my not being a
'student' of this sort of thing, rather than (as you've claimed) the
opposite.

> > Wouldn't you agree that your trying to explain the
> > answer to the problem using "informal logical thinking" rather than
> > formal notation caused you to misstate it (either by accident or
> > design) and consequently be the source of confusion yourself?

> My explanation was quite painfully formal. Apparently it didn't help you, but that, as I have said before, is not in itself surprising.

Not surprising at all, as your explanation was fallacious.

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