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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / j. Axiom of Choice IX

18270	Choice suggests that intensions are not needed to ensure classes [Coffa]
	Full Idea: The axiom of choice was an assumption that implicitly questioned the necessity of intensions to guarantee the presence of classes.
	From: J. Alberto Coffa (The Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap [1991], 7 'Log')
	A reaction: The point is that Choice just picks out members for no particular reason. So classes, it seems, don't need a reason to exist.