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Full Idea
Von Neumann's Limitation of Size axiom is not self-evident, and he himself admitted that it seemed too strong.
Gist of Idea
Limitation of Size is not self-evident, and seems too strong
Source
comment on John von Neumann (An Axiomatization of Set Theory [1925]) by Shaughan Lavine - Understanding the Infinite VII.1
Book Ref
Lavine,Shaughan: 'Understanding the Infinite' [Harvard 1994], p.215
15943 | Limitation of Size is not self-evident, and seems too strong [Lavine on Neumann] |
13547 | Limitation of Size is weak (Fs only collect is something the same size does) or strong (fewer Fs than objects) [Boolos, by Potter] |
18105 | Replacement enforces a 'limitation of size' test for the existence of sets [Bostock] |
17803 | Limitation of size is part of the very conception of a set [Mayberry] |
13018 | Limitation of Size is a vague intuition that over-large sets may generate paradoxes [Maddy] |
13546 | The 'limitation of size' principles say whether properties collectivise depends on the number of objects [Potter] |
15933 | Limitation of Size: if it's the same size as a set, it's a set; it uses Replacement [Lavine] |
23625 | Limitation of Size justifies Replacement, but then has to appropriate Power Set [Hossack] |