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Ideas for Bertrand Russell, Jaegwon Kim and Stephen Wolfram
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4. Formal Logic / A. Syllogistic Logic / 2. Syllogistic Logic
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The mortality of Socrates is more certain from induction than it is from deduction [Russell]
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The Darapti syllogism is fallacious: All M is S, all M is P, so some S is P' - but if there is no M? [Russell]
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4. Formal Logic / C. Predicate Calculus PC / 2. Tools of Predicate Calculus / e. Existential quantifier ∃
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There are four experiences that lead us to talk of 'some' things [Russell]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / b. Empty (Null) Set
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The null class is a fiction [Russell]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / c. Unit (Singleton) Sets
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Normally a class with only one member is a problem, because the class and the member are identical [Russell]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / d. Infinite Sets
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We can enumerate finite classes, but an intensional definition is needed for infinite classes [Russell]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / b. Axiom of Extensionality I
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Members define a unique class, whereas defining characteristics are numerous [Russell]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / f. Axiom of Infinity V
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We may assume that there are infinite collections, as there is no logical reason against them [Russell]
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Infinity says 'for any inductive cardinal, there is a class having that many terms' [Russell]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / j. Axiom of Choice IX
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The British parliament has one representative selected from each constituency [Russell]
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Choice shows that if any two cardinals are not equal, one must be the greater [Russell]
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Choice is equivalent to the proposition that every class is well-ordered [Russell]
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We can pick all the right or left boots, but socks need Choice to insure the representative class [Russell]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / p. Axiom of Reducibility
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Axiom of Reducibility: there is always a function of the lowest possible order in a given level [Russell, by Bostock]
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Reducibility: a family of functions is equivalent to a single type of function [Russell]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 5. Conceptions of Set / c. Logical sets
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The 'no classes' theory says the propositions just refer to the members [Russell]
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Propositions about classes can be reduced to propositions about their defining functions [Russell]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 5. Conceptions of Set / d. Naïve logical sets
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Russell invented the naïve set theory usually attributed to Cantor [Russell, by Lavine]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 6. Ordering in Sets
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Order rests on 'between' and 'separation' [Russell]
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Order depends on transitive asymmetrical relations [Russell]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 7. Natural Sets
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Russell's proposal was that only meaningful predicates have sets as their extensions [Russell, by Orenstein]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 8. Critique of Set Theory
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Classes can be reduced to propositional functions [Russell, by Hanna]
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Classes, grouped by a convenient property, are logical constructions [Russell]
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Classes are logical fictions, and are not part of the ultimate furniture of the world [Russell]
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I gradually replaced classes with properties, and they ended as a symbolic convenience [Russell]
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4. Formal Logic / G. Formal Mereology / 1. Mereology
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The part-whole relation is ultimate and indefinable [Russell]
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