Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Hesiod, J Fodor / E Lepore and Michael Hallett

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6 ideas

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / a. Axioms for sets

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The first-order ZF axiomatisation is highly non-categorical [Hallett,M]

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Non-categoricity reveals a sort of incompleteness, with sets existing that the axioms don't reveal [Hallett,M]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 7. Natural Sets

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Zermelo allows ur-elements, to enable the widespread application of set-theory [Hallett,M]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / g. Continuum Hypothesis

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The General Continuum Hypothesis and its negation are both consistent with ZF [Hallett,M]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / b. Language holism

9381	If some inferences are needed to fix meaning, but we don't know which, they are all relevant [Fodor/Lepore, by Boghossian]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

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Unlike us, the early Greeks thought envy was a good thing, and hope a bad thing [Hesiod, by Nietzsche]