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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / b. Empty (Null) Set
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The null set is only defensible if it is the extension of an empty concept [Frege, by Burge]
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It is because a concept can be empty that there is such a thing as the empty class [Frege, by Dummett]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / e. Equivalence classes
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We can introduce new objects, as equivalence classes of objects already known [Frege, by Dummett]
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Frege introduced the standard device, of defining logical objects with equivalence classes [Frege, by Dummett]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / f. Axiom of Infinity V
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Frege, unlike Russell, has infinite individuals because numbers are individuals [Frege, by Bostock]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / p. Axiom of Reducibility
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Russell saw Reducibility as legitimate for reducing classes to logic [Linsky,B on Russell/Whitehead]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 5. Conceptions of Set / c. Logical sets
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A class is, for Frege, the extension of a concept [Frege, by Dummett]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 8. Critique of Set Theory
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Russell denies extensional sets, because the null can't be a collection, and the singleton is just its element [Russell/Whitehead, by Shapiro]
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We regard classes as mere symbolic or linguistic conveniences [Russell/Whitehead]
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