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- From: holmes@garnet.idbsu.edu (Randall Holmes)
- Subject: Re: Russell's Paradox
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- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 16:59:51 GMT
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- In article <11040@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> brendan@cs.uq.oz.au writes:
- >In <1992Nov10.001234.18488@guinness.idbsu.edu> holmes@garnet.idbsu.edu (Randall Holmes) writes:
- >
- >>i. Russell's paradox does have _semantic_ consequences. Whatever
- >>membership is, there is no set of all sets that are not members of
- >>themselves. Certainly the mechanics of applying the paradox are
- >>syntactical -- so what?
- >
- >I don't see that the Russell paradox of itself requires the
- >non-existence of this object (RP).
- >The most I could deduce from it is that the predicate
- >
- > RP is a member of RP
- >
- >has no truth value. I.e. the function 'is a member of' is not total.
-
- Naive set theory uses first order logic, which precludes this. This
- is a way of trying to avoid the paradoxes; it is not particularly
- satisfactory. Saving logic is more important that saving the Russell
- class.
-
-
- >
- >--
- >When soldiers form lines or hollow squares, you call it reason.
- >When wild geese in flight take the form of a letter V, you say instinct.
- >When the homogeneous atoms of a mineral arrange themselves into shapes
- >mathematically perfect you have nothing to say. You have not even invented a name to conceal your heroic unreason."
-
-
- --
- The opinions expressed | --Sincerely,
- above are not the "official" | M. Randall Holmes
- opinions of any person | Math. Dept., Boise State Univ.
- or institution. | holmes@opal.idbsu.edu
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