[Physics] The filter of logic

[Hans van Leunen]

Thomas,
You must have missed the existence of the orthomodular lattice, which was falsely named "quantum logic" by its discoverers Garret Birkhoff and John von Neumann. The separable Hilbert space represents a realization of this lattice. See: docs.com/hans-van-leunen .
Sincerely yours,
Hans
>----Origineel Bericht----
>Van : thomas at flyingkettle.com
>Datum : 19/10/2016 12:49
>Aan : physics at tuks.nl
>Onderwerp : [Physics] The filter of logic
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>On 18 Oct 2016 at 6:25, physics-request at tuks.nl wrote:
>
>> Logic is a minor branch of mathematics and it is also one
>> of the essential classes taught in the philosophy
>> curriculum. The tools of logic are quite sophisticated. 
>> A paragraph of text can be broken down into a set of
>> logical relationships without knowing the subject matter
>> of the paragraph.  Narrative text can be broken down into
>> a set of assumptions (or facts) and conclusions connected
>> by assertions (logical operators).  No matter how complex
>> the text the rules of logic can be applied to untangle
>> the statements and determine if any errors were made in
>> reaching the conclusions.  
>
>Obviously you are a convinced believer in Aristotelian 
>logic! But actually, that's not how the real world works. 
>As has been pointed out many times in history, you only get 
>out from a structured logic system of this type, what you 
>have put in; it can produce nothing new. No scientific 
>paper is structured in this way.
>
>Alfred Korzybski would have had a lot more to say about 
>your proposal!  
>
>And, of course, the notion that any meaningful results 
>could be obtained "without knowing the subject matter" is 
>laughable.
>
>> This test of logic could easily be applied to the text by
>> a computer. 
>
>By a computer of high-human-level intelligence, or by a 
>computer of super-human-level intelligence. Neither of 
>which presently exists, and neither of which is on the 
>horizon either.  
>
>Thomas Goodey
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>We can neither love, nor pity, nor forgive. 
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