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Re: [ontolog-forum] Conjunction and Disjunction

To: "'Pat Hayes'" <phayes@xxxxxxx>, "'[ontolog-forum] '" <ontolog-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Rich Cooper" <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:06:42 -0700
Message-id: <20090710170833.25049138D12@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I (RC) wrote

 

HERE IS THE IMPORTANT PART:

Given two statements detected by the sensors, there is absolutely no reason to choose AND over OR as the interpretation. 

 

Pat Hayes wrote:

Wrong. The choice here is determined by the TRUTH CONDITIONS on the use of the words 'and' and 'or'. not by anything to do with the observations themselves. P AND Q means that both of P and Q are true. You say this yourself, above, when you say that ".. detected Paul at the water fountain, and Wanda at the water fountain.." Notice the 'and' in there. To repeat, this has nothing whatever to do with any kind of 'connection' between the P and the Q. They can be utterly unrelated to one another in any way at all: still, the truth conditions on (P and Q) are different from those for (P or Q)

 

Pat Hayes

 

Perhaps you are trying to say that the product of all observations is true, therefore:

 

S[0]^S[1]^…^S[N] = True. 

 

So you are assuming all observations are valid consistent and true statements?

 

 

Thoughtfully,

-Rich

 

Sincerely,

Rich Cooper

EnglishLogicKernel.com

Rich AT EnglishLogicKernel DOT com


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