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[filed under theme 6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique ]

Full Idea

Many of the crucial definitions in the logicist programme are in fact impredicative.

Gist of Idea

Many crucial logicist definitions are in fact impredicative

Source

David Bostock (Philosophy of Mathematics [2009], 8.2)

Book Ref

Bostock,David: 'Philosophy of Mathematics: An Introduction' [Wiley-Blackwell 2009], p.237