7 ideas
17833 | The first-order ZF axiomatisation is highly non-categorical [Hallett,M] |
17834 | Non-categoricity reveals a sort of incompleteness, with sets existing that the axioms don't reveal [Hallett,M] |
17837 | Zermelo allows ur-elements, to enable the widespread application of set-theory [Hallett,M] |
17836 | The General Continuum Hypothesis and its negation are both consistent with ZF [Hallett,M] |
8732 | It is spooky the way mathematics anticipates physics [Weinberg] |
5845 | Niceratus learnt the whole of Homer by heart, as a guide to goodness [Xenophon] |
5833 | Education is the greatest of human goods [Xenophon] |