12 ideas
6782 | Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam] |
10041 | Impredicative Definitions refer to the totality to which the object itself belongs [Gödel] |
21716 | In simple type theory the axiom of Separation is better than Reducibility [Gödel, by Linsky,B] |
10035 | Mathematical Logic is a non-numerical branch of mathematics, and the supreme science [Gödel] |
10042 | Reference to a totality need not refer to a conjunction of all its elements [Gödel] |
10038 | A logical system needs a syntactical survey of all possible expressions [Gödel] |
10046 | The generalized Continuum Hypothesis asserts a discontinuity in cardinal numbers [Gödel] |
10039 | Some arithmetical problems require assumptions which transcend arithmetic [Gödel] |
10043 | Mathematical objects are as essential as physical objects are for perception [Gödel] |
10045 | Impredicative definitions are admitted into ordinary mathematics [Gödel] |
22181 | Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha] |
15034 | Are genera and species real or conceptual? bodies or incorporeal? in sensibles or separate from them? [Porphyry] |