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18166 | The loss of my Rule V seems to make foundations for arithmetic impossible [Frege] |
Full Idea: With the loss of my Rule V, not only the foundations of arithmetic, but also the sole possible foundations of arithmetic, seem to vanish. | |
From: Gottlob Frege (Letters to Russell [1902], 1902.06.22) | |
A reaction: Obviously he was stressed, but did he really mean that there could be no foundation for arithmetic, suggesting that the subject might vanish into thin air? |