[FOM] A Defence of Set Theory as Foundations

Aatu Koskensilta aatu.koskensilta at xortec.fi
Thu Oct 6 05:16:04 EDT 2005


On Oct 6, 2005, at 6:40 AM, Patrick Caldon wrote:

> We now know that naive comprehension doesn't work; near the turn
> of the last century this was obviously true to the point where it was
> made an axiom of set theory by the leading minds of the day!

I know only one mind who did this: Frege. Whether or not Frege's work 
should be considered set theory is open to debate. Do you have some 
other leading minds in mind?

Aatu Koskensilta (aatu.koskensilta at xortec.fi)

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



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