8 ideas
13655 | The Löwenheim-Skolem theorems show that whether all sets are constructible is indeterminate [Putnam, by Shapiro] |
9915 | V = L just says all sets are constructible [Putnam] |
9913 | The Löwenheim-Skolem Theorem is close to an antinomy in philosophy of language [Putnam] |
18281 | In mathematics everything is algorithm and nothing is meaning [Wittgenstein] |
9914 | It is unfashionable, but most mathematical intuitions come from nature [Putnam] |
16736 | Explanation is generally to deduce it from something better known, which comes in degrees [Boyle] |
16737 | The best explanations get down to primary basics, but others go less deep [Boyle] |
6606 | Consider: "Imagine this butterfly exactly as it is, but ugly instead of beautiful" [Wittgenstein] |