[FOM] Concerning definition of formulas

[Roger Bishop Jones]

On Tuesday 02 October 2007 02:09, Thomas Forster wrote:

...

> I have felt for some time now that the most helpful thing i can say to
> people who lose sleep over it that what is causing their unease is their
> taking too seriously the foundational claims of Set Theory.

...

And do you have anything to say to those students who say (as I would if I 
were one of them) that they are interested in set theory only because of 
its foundational status?

Roger Jones