7 ideas
17833 | The first-order ZF axiomatisation is highly non-categorical [Hallett,M] |
17834 | Non-categoricity reveals a sort of incompleteness, with sets existing that the axioms don't reveal [Hallett,M] |
17837 | Zermelo allows ur-elements, to enable the widespread application of set-theory [Hallett,M] |
17836 | The General Continuum Hypothesis and its negation are both consistent with ZF [Hallett,M] |
3061 | Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius] |
22363 | You have only begun to do real science when you can express it in numbers [Kelvin] |
20644 | Energy has progressed from a mere formula, to a principle pervading all nature [Kelvin] |