Quentin Anciaux skrev:
> 2009/6/13 Torgny Tholerus <torgny.domain.name.hidden>:
>
>> What do you think about the following deduction? Is it legal or illegal?
>> -------------------
>> Define the set A of all sets as:
>>
>> For all x holds that x belongs to A if and only if x is a set.
>>
>> This is an general rule saying that for some particular symbol-string x
>> you can always tell if x belongs to A or not. Most humans who think
>> about mathematics can understand this rule-based definition. This rule
>> holds for all and every object, without exceptions.
>>
>> So this rule also holds for A itself. We can always substitute A for
>> x. Then we will get:
>>
>> A belongs to A if and only if A is a set.
>>
>> And we know that A is a set. So from this we can deduce:
>>
>> A beongs to A.
>> -------------------
>> Quentin, what do you think? Is this deduction legal or illegal?
>>
>
> It depends if you allow a set to be part of itselft or not.
>
> If you accept, that a set can be part of itself, it makes your
> deduction legal regarding the rules.
OK, if we accept that a set can be part of itself, what do you think
about the following deduction? Is it legal or illegal?
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Define the set B of all sets that do not belong to itself as:
For all x holds that x belongs to B if and only if x does not belong to x.
This is an general rule saying that for some particular symbol-string x
you can always tell if x belongs to B or not. Most humans who think
about mathematics can understand this rule-based definition. This rule
holds for all and every object, without exceptions.
So this rule also holds for B itself. We can always substitute B for
x. Then we will get:
B belongs to B if and only if B does not belong to B.
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Quentin, what do you think? Is this deduction legal or illegal?
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Torgny Tholerus
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Received on Sat Jun 13 2009 - 13:26:49 PDT