This paper applies Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems to the evolution and development of human social systems.Although Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems originated in the field of mathematics,their influence h...This paper applies Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems to the evolution and development of human social systems.Although Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems originated in the field of mathematics,their influence has long extended beyond mathematics,making an impact on philosophy,systems science,and the humanities and social sciences.The paper analyzes the autonomy and completeness of human social systems,arguing that evolving human societies are generally self-consistent.However,if the completeness of a human social system is compromised,the system either maintains self-consistency,ceases to evolve forward,enters a death spiral,and eventually decays and disintegrates.Or the system addresses the completeness issue,enters a state of non-self-consistency,introduces new axioms,becomes self-governing again,and enters a new form.From the sociological perspective,this is articulated as social revolution-the system continues to evolve forward;the absence of social revolution-the system does not evolve forward(Jin,1988).展开更多
If the concept of proof （including arithmetic proof） is syntactically restricted to closed sentences （or their Godel numbers）, then the standard accounts of Godel＇s Incompleteness Theorems （and Lob＇s Theorem） ...If the concept of proof （including arithmetic proof） is syntactically restricted to closed sentences （or their Godel numbers）, then the standard accounts of Godel＇s Incompleteness Theorems （and Lob＇s Theorem） are blocked. In these standard accounts （Godel＇s own paper and the exposition in Boolos＇ Computability and Logic are treated as exemplars）, it is assumed that certain formulas （notably so called ＂Godel sentences＂） containing the Godel number of an open sentence and an arithmetic proof predicate are closed sentences. Ordinary usage of the term ＂provable＂ （and indeed ＂unprovable＂） favors their restriction to closed sentences which unlike so-called open sentences can be true or false. In this paper the restricted form of provability is called strong provability or unprovability. If this concept of proof is adopted, then there is no obvious alternative path to establishing those theorems.展开更多
The main design of this paper is to determine once and for all the true nature and status of the sequence of the prime numbers, or primes—that is, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, and so on. The ma...The main design of this paper is to determine once and for all the true nature and status of the sequence of the prime numbers, or primes—that is, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, and so on. The main conclusion revolves entirely around two points. First, on the one hand, it is shown that the prime sequence exhibits an extremely high level of organization. But second, on the other hand, it is also shown that the clearly detectable organization of the primes is ultimately beyond human comprehension. This conclusion runs radically counter and opposite—in regard to both points—to what may well be the default view held widely, if not universally, in current theoretical mathematics about the prime sequence, namely the following. First, on the one hand, the prime sequence is deemed by all appearance to be entirely random, not organized at all. Second, on the other hand, all hope has not been abandoned that the sequence may perhaps at some point be grasped by human cognition, even if no progress at all has been made in this regard. Current mathematical research seems to be entirely predicated on keeping this hope alive. In the present paper, it is proposed that there is no reason to hope, as it were. According to this point of view, theoretical mathematics needs to take a drastic 180-degree turn. The manner of demonstration that will be used is direct and empirical. Two key observations are adduced showing, 1), how the prime sequence is highly organized and, 2), how this organization transcends human intelligence because it plays out in the dimension of infinity and in relation to π. The present paper is part of a larger project whose design it is to present a complete and final mathematical and physical theory of rational human intelligence. Nothing seems more self-evident than that rational human intelligence is subject to absolute limitations. The brain is a material and physically finite tool. Everyone will therefore readily agree that, as far as reasoning is concerned, there are things that the brain can do and things that it cannot do. The search is therefore for the line that separates the two, or the limits beyond which rational human intelligence cannot go. It is proposed that the structure of the prime sequence lies beyond those limits. The contemplation of the prime sequence teaches us something deeply fundamental about the human condition. It is part of the quest to Know Thyself.展开更多
The 1-D geometric model studies the structure of states universally closed to the discrete delineation of their properties and defined as infinities.The closure mechanism is the logical“not”function attached to the ...The 1-D geometric model studies the structure of states universally closed to the discrete delineation of their properties and defined as infinities.The closure mechanism is the logical“not”function attached to the named prop-erty,creating a paradoxical relationship between segments.Two correlated fundamental reference frames are identified.In the first framework,the par adox mechanism prohibits the discrete enumeration of the state’s internal structure.In the second,segments share property for the same infinity but are excluded from common membership due to their paradoxical relation ship across the boundary that divides them.The geometric model analyzes the role of the“not”function in linguistics,mathematics,physics,and the generic structure of dimensional development across the quantum to classi-cal platforms.Logical formalisms necessarily discount paradoxes as anoma lies open to more advanced understanding,worked around by restrictions to logic or ignored as nonsensical.The 1-D geometric model takes an op-posing analytical perspective,considering paradox a fundamental mecha-nism.The geometric proof examines two constructions of the right triangle within the unit circle.Although the two formats are paradoxical,with the second having no rational basis,the cosine squared calculations agree.Two paradoxical frameworks cohabit within a universal state defined by the co-sine squared function.The 1-D model identifies the power function’s sys-temic limit in modelling universal states that inherently contain the paradox mechanism in their segment relationship.展开更多
文摘This paper applies Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems to the evolution and development of human social systems.Although Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems originated in the field of mathematics,their influence has long extended beyond mathematics,making an impact on philosophy,systems science,and the humanities and social sciences.The paper analyzes the autonomy and completeness of human social systems,arguing that evolving human societies are generally self-consistent.However,if the completeness of a human social system is compromised,the system either maintains self-consistency,ceases to evolve forward,enters a death spiral,and eventually decays and disintegrates.Or the system addresses the completeness issue,enters a state of non-self-consistency,introduces new axioms,becomes self-governing again,and enters a new form.From the sociological perspective,this is articulated as social revolution-the system continues to evolve forward;the absence of social revolution-the system does not evolve forward(Jin,1988).
文摘If the concept of proof （including arithmetic proof） is syntactically restricted to closed sentences （or their Godel numbers）, then the standard accounts of Godel＇s Incompleteness Theorems （and Lob＇s Theorem） are blocked. In these standard accounts （Godel＇s own paper and the exposition in Boolos＇ Computability and Logic are treated as exemplars）, it is assumed that certain formulas （notably so called ＂Godel sentences＂） containing the Godel number of an open sentence and an arithmetic proof predicate are closed sentences. Ordinary usage of the term ＂provable＂ （and indeed ＂unprovable＂） favors their restriction to closed sentences which unlike so-called open sentences can be true or false. In this paper the restricted form of provability is called strong provability or unprovability. If this concept of proof is adopted, then there is no obvious alternative path to establishing those theorems.
文摘The main design of this paper is to determine once and for all the true nature and status of the sequence of the prime numbers, or primes—that is, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, and so on. The main conclusion revolves entirely around two points. First, on the one hand, it is shown that the prime sequence exhibits an extremely high level of organization. But second, on the other hand, it is also shown that the clearly detectable organization of the primes is ultimately beyond human comprehension. This conclusion runs radically counter and opposite—in regard to both points—to what may well be the default view held widely, if not universally, in current theoretical mathematics about the prime sequence, namely the following. First, on the one hand, the prime sequence is deemed by all appearance to be entirely random, not organized at all. Second, on the other hand, all hope has not been abandoned that the sequence may perhaps at some point be grasped by human cognition, even if no progress at all has been made in this regard. Current mathematical research seems to be entirely predicated on keeping this hope alive. In the present paper, it is proposed that there is no reason to hope, as it were. According to this point of view, theoretical mathematics needs to take a drastic 180-degree turn. The manner of demonstration that will be used is direct and empirical. Two key observations are adduced showing, 1), how the prime sequence is highly organized and, 2), how this organization transcends human intelligence because it plays out in the dimension of infinity and in relation to π. The present paper is part of a larger project whose design it is to present a complete and final mathematical and physical theory of rational human intelligence. Nothing seems more self-evident than that rational human intelligence is subject to absolute limitations. The brain is a material and physically finite tool. Everyone will therefore readily agree that, as far as reasoning is concerned, there are things that the brain can do and things that it cannot do. The search is therefore for the line that separates the two, or the limits beyond which rational human intelligence cannot go. It is proposed that the structure of the prime sequence lies beyond those limits. The contemplation of the prime sequence teaches us something deeply fundamental about the human condition. It is part of the quest to Know Thyself.
文摘The 1-D geometric model studies the structure of states universally closed to the discrete delineation of their properties and defined as infinities.The closure mechanism is the logical“not”function attached to the named prop-erty,creating a paradoxical relationship between segments.Two correlated fundamental reference frames are identified.In the first framework,the par adox mechanism prohibits the discrete enumeration of the state’s internal structure.In the second,segments share property for the same infinity but are excluded from common membership due to their paradoxical relation ship across the boundary that divides them.The geometric model analyzes the role of the“not”function in linguistics,mathematics,physics,and the generic structure of dimensional development across the quantum to classi-cal platforms.Logical formalisms necessarily discount paradoxes as anoma lies open to more advanced understanding,worked around by restrictions to logic or ignored as nonsensical.The 1-D geometric model takes an op-posing analytical perspective,considering paradox a fundamental mecha-nism.The geometric proof examines two constructions of the right triangle within the unit circle.Although the two formats are paradoxical,with the second having no rational basis,the cosine squared calculations agree.Two paradoxical frameworks cohabit within a universal state defined by the co-sine squared function.The 1-D model identifies the power function’s sys-temic limit in modelling universal states that inherently contain the paradox mechanism in their segment relationship.
