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Matheology § 149

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WM

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Nov 13, 2012, 1:55:56 AM11/13/12
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Matheology § 149



It might be objected that no contradiction results from taking the
real numbers to form a definite totality. There is, however, no ground
to suppose that treating an indefinitely extensible concept as a
definite one will always lead to inconsistency; it may merely lead to
our supposing ourselves to have a definite idea when we do not ...
[M. Dummett: "The seas of language", Oxford University Press (1993) p.
442]
http://books.google.de/books/about/The_Seas_of_Language.html?id=dzf_nY-wI5IC&redir_esc=y

Regards, WM

Uirgil

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Nov 13, 2012, 3:19:55 AM11/13/12
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WM <muec...@rz.fh-augsburg.de> wrote:

> Matheology § 149
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>
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> It might be objected that no contradiction results from taking the
> real numbers to form a definite totality. There is, however, no ground
> to suppose that treating an indefinitely extensible concept as a
> definite one will always lead to inconsistency

But that is precisely what WM insists always does lead to inconsistency.

Alan Smaill

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Nov 13, 2012, 7:23:43 AM11/13/12
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Excellent quote.

If only you would take it to heart
(if only you understood it).

> Regards, WM

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Alan Smaill
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