Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Reality of Numbers', 'Elements of Set Theory' and 'Review of Frege's 'Grundlagen''

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10 ideas

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 1. For Truthmakers

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Truth and falsehood must track what does or doesn't exist [Bigelow]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 2. Mechanics of Set Theory / b. Terminology of ST

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∈ says the whole set is in the other; ⊆ says the members of the subset are in the other [Enderton]

13204

The 'ordered pair' <x,y> is defined to be {{x}, {x,y}} [Enderton]

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A 'linear or total ordering' must be transitive and satisfy trichotomy [Enderton]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / b. Empty (Null) Set

13200

Note that {Φ} =/= Φ, because Φ ∈ {Φ} but Φ ∉ Φ [Enderton]

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The empty set may look pointless, but many sets can be constructed from it [Enderton]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / c. Unit (Singleton) Sets

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The singleton is defined using the pairing axiom (as {x,x}) [Enderton]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / h. Axiom of Replacement VII

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Fraenkel added Replacement, to give a theory of ordinal numbers [Enderton]

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

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We can only define functions if Choice tells us which items are involved [Enderton]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / c. Fregean numbers

9992	The 'extension of a concept' in general may be quantitatively completely indeterminate [Cantor]