Transmathematica 2023: Bergstra, Accusation Theory

Transmathamatica 2023 - The Fifth International Conference on Total Systems
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0:00 Introduction
0:50 Accusation Theory
2:10 Promises
12:40 Accusations
20:50 Gender Theory
27:40 Classification
36:25 Propagation
39:25 Conclusion
44:30 Discussion
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Jan A Bergstra & Marcus Düwell, "Special Accusation Types
Anonymous Accusation, Non-evidential Accusation, and Self-Accusation", doi.org/10.36285/tm.85
Jan A Bergstra & John V Tucker, "A Complete Finite Axiomatisation of the Equational Theory of Common Meadows", doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2307.0...

[@KaelanFouwels]

James, I made it ten minutes in, and I have no idea what the point of this is

[@transmathematica]

Basically it’s a philosophical analysis of the properties of accusations. Some of the results are surprising. Being a scientist, I find it surprising that accusations can be very effective in the absence of any evidence for them!
The paper uses Promise Theory that applies to all agents, including humans and computers, but I find it hard to conceive of how today’s computers could make an accusation.
I find it super surprising that philosophers have mostly ignored accusations so the paper makes a significant original contribution to knowledge.
If this is not your thing, move onto one of the other papers. I hope you will find something interesting.