7 ideas
18200 | Very large sets should be studied in an 'if-then' spirit [Putnam] |
8203 | All the arithmetical entities can be reduced to classes of integers, and hence to sets [Quine] |
18199 | Indispensability strongly supports predicative sets, and somewhat supports impredicative sets [Putnam] |
8857 | We must quantify over numbers for science; but that commits us to their existence [Putnam] |
8202 | Meaning is essence divorced from things and wedded to words [Quine] |
8201 | The distinction between meaning and further information is as vague as the essence/accident distinction [Quine] |
16746 | Principles of things are not hidden features of forms, but the laws by which they were formed [Newton] |