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[from 'Believing the Axioms I' by Penelope Maddy, in 4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 5. Conceptions of Set / f. Limitation of Size ]

Full Idea

The 'limitation of size' is a vague intuition, based on the idea that being too large may generate the paradoxes.

Gist of Idea

Limitation of Size is a vague intuition that over-large sets may generate paradoxes

Source

Penelope Maddy (Believing the Axioms I [1988], §1.3)

Book Reference

-: 'Journal of Symbolic Logic' [-], p.485


A Reaction

This is an intriguing idea to be found right at the centre of what is supposed to be an incredibly rigorous system.