Single Idea 10812

[catalogued under 4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / b. Empty (Null) Set]

Full Idea

Should we accept the null set as a most extraordinary individual, a little speck of sheer nothingness, a sort of black hole in the fabric of Reality itself? Not that either, I think.

Gist of Idea

The null set is not a little speck of sheer nothingness, a black hole in Reality

Source

David Lewis (Mathematics is Megethology [1993], p.09)

Book Reference

-: 'Philosophia Mathematica' [-], p.9


A Reaction

Correct!