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We could accept the integers as primitive, then use sets to construct the rest [Cohen]
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Full Idea:
A very reasonable position would be to accept the integers as primitive entities and then use sets to form higher entities.
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From:
Paul J. Cohen (Set Theory and the Continuum Hypothesis [1966], 5.4), quoted by Oliver,A/Smiley,T - What are Sets and What are they For?
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A reaction:
I find this very appealing, and the authority of this major mathematician adds support. I would say, though, that the integers are not 'primitive', but pick out (in abstraction) consistent features of the natural world.
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Good strategies avoid conflict, respond to hostility, forgive, and are clear [Axelrod]
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Full Idea:
Successful game strategies avoid unnecessary conflict, are provoked by an uncalled for defection, forgive after a provocation, and behave clearly so the other player can adapt.
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From:
Robert Axelrod (The Evolution of Co-Operation [1984], 1)
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A reaction:
[compressed] Exactly what you would expect from a nice but successful school teacher. The strategies for success in these games is the same as the rules for educating a person into cooperative behaviour. TIT FOR TAT does all these.
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