Vladimir_Nesov comments on Notion of Preference in Ambient Control - Less Wrong

14 Post author: Vladimir_Nesov 07 October 2010 09:21PM

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Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 09 October 2010 03:05:43PM 0 points [-]

(although "because our 1st-order logic can handle recursion" is not it, etc.).

That was there because of this line from your post: "The theory should provide sufficient tools to define recursive functions and/or other necessary concepts."

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 09 October 2010 03:12:06PM *  0 points [-]

Doesn't make it an explanatory sufficient condition to conclude what you did: I object to your use of "because".

Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 09 October 2010 08:35:19PM *  0 points [-]

Okay, thanks. My understanding is definitely vaguest at the point where the agent's program is converted into the wff [w(x)]. Still, the argument is at the point of seeming very plausible to me.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 09 October 2010 08:43:17PM 0 points [-]

No worries. Your logic seems rusty though, so if you want to build something in this direction, you should probably reread a good textbook.

Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 09 October 2010 09:40:10PM *  0 points [-]

Not so much rusty as never pursued beyond the basics. The logic I know is mostly from popular books like Gödel, Escher, Bach, plus a philosophy course on modal logic, where I learned the basic concepts used to talk about interpretations of theories.