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Single Idea 16871

[from 'Logic in Mathematics' by Gottlob Frege, in 5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 1. Axiomatisation ]

Full Idea

It is possible for a truth to be an axiom in one system and not in another.

Gist of Idea

A truth can be an axiom in one system and not in another

Source

Gottlob Frege (Logic in Mathematics [1914], p.205)

Book Reference

Frege,Gottlob: 'Posthumous Writings', ed/tr. Hermes/Long/White etc [Blackwell 1979], p.205


A Reaction

Frege aspired to one huge single system, so this is a begrudging concession, one which modern thinkers would probably take for granted.

Related Idea

Idea 16869 To create order in mathematics we need a full system, guided by patterns of inference [Frege]