Title :
Semantic Intertwine: The anathema of Mathematics
Author :
Quinton, John G St
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
The recent scientific observation that human information processing involves four independent data types, has pinpointed a source of fallacious arguments within many domains of human thought. Our species-unique ability to assign observable characteristics to purely conceptual entities has created beautiful poetry and literature. However, this ability to generate `Semantic Intertwine´ has also created our most incomprehensible paradoxes and conundrums. Semantic Intertwine can be created between, or within, Semantic Categories; and in either case it then lies at the heart of fallacious, yet often very persuasive, reasoning. This paper describes how to detect mathematically-related Semantic Intertwine in erroneous arguments involving: operands (VIII), mathematical induction (VIIA), orthogonal axiom sets (VIIB), continuous functions (VIIA), exclusive disjunction (VIIA), propositional calculus (VI) and the hitherto thorny problems arising from ambiguous intra-category use of `infinity´ (VIIB).
Keywords :
formal logic; Mathematics; continuous functions; exclusive disjunction; hitherto thorny problems; human information processing; mathematical induction; operands; orthogonal axiom sets; propositional calculus; semantic intertwine; Cognition; Computers; Cybernetics; Humans; Information processing; Mathematics; Semantics; Infinity; Logic; Mathematics; Semantic Category Analysis; Semantic Category Theory; Semantic Intertwine;
Conference_Titel :
Cybernetic Intelligent Systems (CIS), 2010 IEEE 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Reading
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9023-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9024-0
DOI :
10.1109/UKRICIS.2010.5898155