[FOM] Infinity and the "Noble Lie"

Aatu Koskensilta aatu.koskensilta at xortec.fi
Fri Dec 9 17:37:59 EST 2005


On Dec 9, 2005, at 10:54 PM, joeshipman at aol.com wrote:

> For those following this discussion who have no problem with the Axiom
> of Infinity in ZFC, and who are comfortable saying that it is a true
> statement and that statements derived from it are therefore also true,
> I'd like to hear what your attitude is to the axiom that an
> Inaccessible Cardinal exists.

It's also true, as are various other small large cardinal axioms up to 
something like a weakly compact cardinal at least. What's the point of 
this question?

Aatu Koskensilta (aatu.koskensilta at xortec.fi)

"Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen"
  - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus




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