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- From: torkel@sics.se (Torkel Franzen)
- Subject: Re: Russell's Paradox
- In-Reply-To: frank@Cookie.secapl.com's message of Wed, 04 Nov 1992 23:32:28 GMT
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- Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista
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- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 09:45:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov04.233228.16942@Cookie.secapl.com> frank@Cookie.secapl.com
- (Frank Adams) writes:
-
- >Proper classes arose because it is hard to talk about sets in general
- >without them. I think it is safe to say that most mathematicians are a bit
- >uncomfortable dealing with proper classes, but their use is at least
- >demonstrably consistent (at least if the underlying set theory is
- >consistent).
-
- Adding to a set theory T predicative class existence axioms (i.e. axioms
- asserting the existence of classes definable by a formula containing
- no quantifiers over classes) yields a conservative extension of T, and
- the classes in such a case can be regarded as just a convenient way of
- referring to formulas. Adding impredicative class existence axioms
- yields an essentially stronger theory.
-