Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Herodotus, Georg Kreisel and Douglas Lackey

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6 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 5. Paradoxes in Set Theory / b. Cantor's paradox
21554 Sets always exceed terms, so all the sets must exceed all the sets [Lackey]
5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 5. Paradoxes in Set Theory / c. Burali-Forti's paradox
21553 It seems that the ordinal number of all the ordinals must be bigger than itself [Lackey]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite
17809 Gödel showed that the syntactic approach to the infinite is of limited value [Kreisel]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 1. Foundations for Mathematics
17810 The study of mathematical foundations needs new non-mathematical concepts [Kreisel]
27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space
17811 The natural conception of points ducks the problem of naming or constructing each point [Kreisel]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality
1513 The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated [Herodotus]