Curt Doolittle

Theme: Operationalism

  • More ‘What Is Propertarianism” Criticism

    Dec 28, 2019, 2:57 PM

    —“Propertarianism is the completion of (the complete) scientific method.”—

    That’s it. Period. But it’s a profound thing. Very. It means not only the physical sciences but logics, psychological, social, political, legal, economic sciences. Now what do we do with that completed scientific method? The scientific method is value neutral, and commensurable regardless of discipline, and universal in application. We use that scientific method to produce a value neutral fully commensurable language across all disciplines. We use that logic and language to produce a universally commensurable value neutral system of law. We used that value neutral system of law to produce a constitution. That constitution’s principle innovation is to incrementally suppress the means by which western civlization in the ancient and modern world was undermined by crimes of plausible deniability (which I won’t explain right here), but that’s what you think of when you think of leftism. One can create an infinite number of constitutions of infinite variety using that law, as long as one constructs them truthfully and reciprocally (which is a problem for the left). The constitution we propose restores the american constitution to its original intent as military and treasury that allows for the concentration of military power sufficient for defense of the continent, devolves all other powers to the states, makes everyone liable for the truth and reciprocity of speech in public to the public about matters public (outlaws leftism), and reforms every single aspect of life so that we restore our civilization from the ((())) harms done to it this past century. That constitution is on line and in progress and is a lot to swallow, but then so are the Declaration, Articles of Confederation, Federalist Papers, Constitution, Bill of Rights, The Amendements, History of Supreme Court Rulings, Federal Code, and Individual State constitutions and codes. Propertarianism is the completion of the scientific method, it’s application to the totality of human knowledge, creating a universally commensurable value neutral language; its embodiment in the natural common law of tort; and as a consequence the eradication of [all deceit] from the informational commons. See?

  • More ‘What Is Propertarianism” Criticism

    Dec 28, 2019, 2:57 PM

    —“Propertarianism is the completion of (the complete) scientific method.”—

    That’s it. Period. But it’s a profound thing. Very. It means not only the physical sciences but logics, psychological, social, political, legal, economic sciences. Now what do we do with that completed scientific method? The scientific method is value neutral, and commensurable regardless of discipline, and universal in application. We use that scientific method to produce a value neutral fully commensurable language across all disciplines. We use that logic and language to produce a universally commensurable value neutral system of law. We used that value neutral system of law to produce a constitution. That constitution’s principle innovation is to incrementally suppress the means by which western civlization in the ancient and modern world was undermined by crimes of plausible deniability (which I won’t explain right here), but that’s what you think of when you think of leftism. One can create an infinite number of constitutions of infinite variety using that law, as long as one constructs them truthfully and reciprocally (which is a problem for the left). The constitution we propose restores the american constitution to its original intent as military and treasury that allows for the concentration of military power sufficient for defense of the continent, devolves all other powers to the states, makes everyone liable for the truth and reciprocity of speech in public to the public about matters public (outlaws leftism), and reforms every single aspect of life so that we restore our civilization from the ((())) harms done to it this past century. That constitution is on line and in progress and is a lot to swallow, but then so are the Declaration, Articles of Confederation, Federalist Papers, Constitution, Bill of Rights, The Amendements, History of Supreme Court Rulings, Federal Code, and Individual State constitutions and codes. Propertarianism is the completion of the scientific method, it’s application to the totality of human knowledge, creating a universally commensurable value neutral language; its embodiment in the natural common law of tort; and as a consequence the eradication of [all deceit] from the informational commons. See?

  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of P-Logic(law)

    Jan 4, 2020, 12:01 PM THE UNREASONABLE EFFECTIVENESS OF P-LOGIC(LAW) IN HUMAN SCIENCES: PARADIGMS(METAPHYSICS), PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, ECON, LAW, AND POLITICS P-Logic (Law) is (a) universally commensurable (b) value neutral, ( c) operational logic, of (d) decidability. Read that a few times and make sure you undrestand it. Universally commensurable, value neutral, operational logic, of decidability. The profound depth of that set of properties isn’t at all obvious, but just as saying math has extraordinary explanatory power in the physical sciences of constant temporal relations: P-logic (law) has equally extraordinary explanatory power in the cognitive sciences: paradigms(metaphysics), psychology, sociology, politics, group competitive strategy, ethics, and law. Physical sciences are mathematically predictive because categories and relations at a given resolution are constant both in and across time. The physical world can’t choose. Economic sciences are mathematically un-predictive, and only mathematically descriptive, and only operationally explanatory because relations (categories, weights(values), and operations) are inconstant across time – the consequence of Humans scheming and choosing with fragmentary and asymmetric information. Social Sciences are only operationally explanatory, not mathematically descriptive, nor mathematically predictive because while operations and incentives are constant, subject categories and values are inconstant, and unpredictable because humans scheme and choose using fragmentary and asymmetric information. P-Logic(law) provides universal explanatory power across the disciplines. Predictive power decreases with the inconstancy of relations over time. Many can create arbitrary relations within the limits of his perception, cognition, incentives, negotiation, and action, to plot and scheme against the course of events such that by some action or inaction he captures more caloric gains or opportunity for those gains, or prevents losses of opportunity or gains, than he would by not acting or acting.

  • The majority determines the means

    Jan 9, 2020, 3:54 PM

    Religion for the -80’s, Moralizing for the 90’s, Rationalization for the 100’s. Platonism for the 110’s Empiricism for the 120’s. Operationalism for the 130’s+ There is a reason for islam in the arab and indonesian worlds, and hinduism in the hindustani worlds. buddhism on se asian. christianity in the south american, secular christianity in the european world, confucianism in the east asian world etc. The majority determines the necessary means of preserving the means of perpetuating metaphysics traditions and norms. The west retains a grammar (method of storytelling) for every standard deviation of ability. We are unified by our law that is via negativa. We are unified by our ethics that are christian via-positiva. Those chrstian ethics are expressible in theological, rational, philosophical, empirical and operational terms.

  • The majority determines the means

    Jan 9, 2020, 3:54 PM

    Religion for the -80’s, Moralizing for the 90’s, Rationalization for the 100’s. Platonism for the 110’s Empiricism for the 120’s. Operationalism for the 130’s+ There is a reason for islam in the arab and indonesian worlds, and hinduism in the hindustani worlds. buddhism on se asian. christianity in the south american, secular christianity in the european world, confucianism in the east asian world etc. The majority determines the necessary means of preserving the means of perpetuating metaphysics traditions and norms. The west retains a grammar (method of storytelling) for every standard deviation of ability. We are unified by our law that is via negativa. We are unified by our ethics that are christian via-positiva. Those chrstian ethics are expressible in theological, rational, philosophical, empirical and operational terms.

  • The Copula: The First Step in Learning the Propertarian Method

    The Copula: The First Step in Learning the Propertarian Method https://propertarianism.com/2020/05/25/the-copula-the-first-step-in-learning-the-propertarian-method/

    Source date (UTC): 2020-05-25 15:56:12 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1264948389948592128

  • The Copula: The First Step in Learning the Propertarian Method

      This is one of those surprisingly difficult concepts. We avoid the verb to be in operational language because it allows you the pretense of knowledge (promising what you can’t promise) without articulating a causal relationship. The simple example being the difference between ‘the book is on the table’ and ‘I promise i recall seeing a book on the table in the hallway’ or ‘I promise i see a book on the table and if you observe the table in the hall you will see a book on it also.” While this is a simple example, this operationalizing of language into testimonial speech makes almost all sophistry and deceit impossible to construct (really). In fact, most sophomoric philosophically ‘profound’ questions cannot be constructed in operational and testimonial terms. If you want to know more, spend thirty minutes reading four wiki articles: THE COPULA (VERB TO BE) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copula_(linguistics) EPRIME (ELIMINATING THE COPULA) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime PERFORMATIVE (EXISTENTIAL) TRUTH https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth#Performative (then read the rest of the article) OPERATIONALISM https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/operationalism FALSIFIABILITY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability#Falsificationism By the use of performative statements, in ePrime, in Operational Vocabulary, we can falsify almost any claim to knowledge, understanding, consistency, coherence, and truth claims simply by the fact that it is almost impossible to state a falsehood in such gramamtical constraints, just as it is almost impossible to make well formed mathematical or programming statements in the grammatical constraints of mathematics in programming. DISAMBIGUATION BY SERIALIZATION AND OPERATIONALISM Most of P-Logic invovles learning how to disambiguate at term by creating an ordered list of terms (serialization) restating them in operational language, and adjusting their definitions so that they are each unique in meaning, yet represent a point on the spectrum of whatever constant relation you are making use of. THis is the first step in learning propertarian methods.

  • The Copula: The First Step in Learning the Propertarian Method

      This is one of those surprisingly difficult concepts. We avoid the verb to be in operational language because it allows you the pretense of knowledge (promising what you can’t promise) without articulating a causal relationship. The simple example being the difference between ‘the book is on the table’ and ‘I promise i recall seeing a book on the table in the hallway’ or ‘I promise i see a book on the table and if you observe the table in the hall you will see a book on it also.” While this is a simple example, this operationalizing of language into testimonial speech makes almost all sophistry and deceit impossible to construct (really). In fact, most sophomoric philosophically ‘profound’ questions cannot be constructed in operational and testimonial terms. If you want to know more, spend thirty minutes reading four wiki articles: THE COPULA (VERB TO BE) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copula_(linguistics) EPRIME (ELIMINATING THE COPULA) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime PERFORMATIVE (EXISTENTIAL) TRUTH https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth#Performative (then read the rest of the article) OPERATIONALISM https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/operationalism FALSIFIABILITY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability#Falsificationism By the use of performative statements, in ePrime, in Operational Vocabulary, we can falsify almost any claim to knowledge, understanding, consistency, coherence, and truth claims simply by the fact that it is almost impossible to state a falsehood in such gramamtical constraints, just as it is almost impossible to make well formed mathematical or programming statements in the grammatical constraints of mathematics in programming. DISAMBIGUATION BY SERIALIZATION AND OPERATIONALISM Most of P-Logic invovles learning how to disambiguate at term by creating an ordered list of terms (serialization) restating them in operational language, and adjusting their definitions so that they are each unique in meaning, yet represent a point on the spectrum of whatever constant relation you are making use of. THis is the first step in learning propertarian methods.

  • Curt Can You Explain EPrime to A Newbie?

    Jan 31, 2020, 8:59 AM

    —“Curt Doolittle, Can you help explain e prime for a newbie? (E prime is a the language taught in Propertarian circles – to reduce every statement down to an operational level – to test it for truth.)”—Rae Liera

    I don’t think it’s that hard: E-PRIME E-Prime (short for English-Prime or English Prime, sometimes denoted Ɖ or Eā€²) is a version of the English language that excludes all forms of the verb to be, including all conjugations, contractions and archaic forms. Some scholars advocate using E-Prime as a device to clarify thinking and strengthen writing. PRETENSE OF KNOWLEDGE Kellogg and Bourland describe misuse of the verb to be as creating a “deity mode of speech”, allowing “even the most ignorant to transform their opinions magically into god-like pronouncements on the nature of things”. Use of E-Prime reduces the possibility of deception, suggestion, misunderstanding or conflict. Korzybski observed improvement “of one full letter grade” by “students who did not generalize by using that infinitive”. In other words, you will dramatically improve your own understanding and ability to communicate by writing in eprime. PROPERTARIAN CONTEXT So, P uses Disambiguation by serialization and operationaliztion, and ePrime, written in complete sentences (transactions), where complete sentences or sets of sentences (full accounting) describe changes in state of demonstrated interests (investments). This produces a value neutral financial or economic language of psychology, ethics, sociology, and politics. It is also, like accounting, very difficult to ‘fudge’ (lie). DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS OF THE VERB TO-BE In the English language, the verb ‘to be’ (also known as the copula) has several distinct functions, all of which are reducible to “testimony on the terms of existence”. 1. identity, of the form “noun copula definite-noun” [The cat is my only pet]; [The cat is Garfield] 2. class membership, of the form “definite-noun copula noun” [Garfield is a cat] 3. class inclusion, of the form “noun copula noun” [A cat is an animal] 4. predication, of the form “noun copula adjective” [The cat is furry] 5. auxiliary, of the form “noun copula verb” [The cat is sleeping]; [The cat is being bitten by the dog]. The examples illustrate two different uses of ‘be’ as an auxiliary. In the first, ‘be’ is part of the progressive aspect, used with “-ing” on the verb; in the second, it is part of the passive, as indicated by the perfect participle of a transitive verb. 6. existence, of the form “there copula noun” [There is a cat] location, of the form “noun copula place-phrase” [The cat is on the mat]; [The cat is here] Bourland sees specifically the “identity” and “predication” functions as pernicious, but advocates eliminating all forms for the sake of simplicity. In the case of the “existence” form (and less idiomatically, the “location” form), one might (for example) simply substitute the verb “exists”. Other copula-substitutes in English include taste, feel, smell, sound, grow, remain, stay, and turn, among others a user of E-prime might use instead of to be. Examples Words not used in E-prime include: be, being, been, am, is, isn’t, are, aren’t, was, wasn’t, were, and weren’t. Contractions formed from a pronoun and a form of to be are also not used, including: I’m, you’re, we’re, they’re, he’s, she’s, it’s, there’s, here’s, where’s, how’s, what’s, who’s, and that’s. E-Prime also prohibits contractions of to be found in nonstandard dialects of English, such as “ain’t”. GENERAL SEMANTICS General semantics was a self improvement movement that (roughly) suggested that if you improve the use of your language so that it is more correspondent to reality (or something at least) that you will train yourself (similar to stoic rituals in list making) to have greater understanding and mindfulness of the world. I would state this differently in that P logic using the above techniques seeks to create a value neutral standard of weights and measures by which we interpret the world, that is the most parsimonious system of weights and measure that is possible – and – is most correspondent consistent and coherent with the world. (this is the aristotelian project). P IS THE OPPOSITE OF POSTMODERNISM The opposite proposition of P is that of Theology, Postmodernism, and Generative Anthropology, all of which attempt social construction that is non-correspondent, inconsistent, non-coherent with reality in order to use deception to coerce people into submission to some narrative of desirable or undesirable deceit. In other words, there is leftist postmodernism (social construction) and rightist postmodernism (social construction) and both are means of deceit in order to compensate for lack of military and economic power. In other words, this is the purvey of pseudoscientists, financialists, mystics and priests: deception. And yes, I realize, people have a hard time with reality and want comforting deceits. But there are three other choices: physical ritual, buddhist and stoic-epicurean self discipline (emotional), and the scientific truth (intellectual). All three produce mindfulness without ‘the big lies of social constructions.’ ORIGINS OF EPRIME D. David Bourland Jr., studied under Alfred Korzybski, and devised E-Prime as an addition to Korzybski’s general semantics in the late 1940s. BOOKS Bourland published the concept in a 1965 essay entitled “A Linguistic Note: Writing in E-Prime” Bourland collected and published three volumes of essays in support of his innovation. – To Be or Not: An E-Prime Anthology (1991) – More E-Prime: To Be or Not II (1994) – E-Prime III: a third anthology, published (1997). LINKS TO PAPERS ONLINE https://web.archive.org/web/20130204204954/http://www.generalsemantics.org//srv/htdocs/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/articles/etc/46-3-bourland.pdf http://www.generalsemantics.org//srv/htdocs/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/articles/etc/44-2-kellogg.pdf http://www.hilgart.org/papers_html/091S196.B07.html http://www.nobeliefs.com/eprime.htm http://www.textjournal.com.au/april16/frazer.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20061221093237/http://learn-gs.org/library/elaine-eprime.htm ( FYI: Bill Joslin Brandon Hayes )

  • P Is Easier than That

    Feb 3, 2020, 9:09 AM

    —“It’s way faster/easier to learn to think talk in “operational language” (and force others to that standard, and to the standard of the 5-pt definition of recipricity) than to go thru a checklist of 2 dozen fallacies. (See my video “Don’t Talk Like a Leftist”.)”—by John Mark