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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 1. Set Theory
Unlike elementary logic, set theory is not complete [Orenstein]
     Full Idea: The incompleteness of set theory contrasts sharply with the completeness of elementary logic.
     From: Alex Orenstein (W.V. Quine [2002], Ch.5)
     A reaction: This seems to be Quine's reason for abandoning the Frege-Russell logicist programme (quite apart from the problems raised by Gödel.