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For those interested, the crux of Friedman's argument for pursuing examples of "Concrete" Incompleteness is: > The second rationale for pursuing Concrete Mathe
by timtadh 15y ago
For those interested, the crux of Friedman's argument for pursuing examples of "Concrete" Incompleteness is:
> The second rationale for pursuing Concrete Mathematical
Incompleteness preserves ZFC as the ambitious target. The
idea is that normal mathematical activity up to now
represents only an infinitesimal portion of eventual
mathematical activity. Even if current mathematical
activity does not give rise to Concrete Mathematical
Incompleteness from ZFC, this is a very poor indication of
whether this will continue to be the case, particularly far
out into the future.
page 8 in http://www.math.osu.edu/~friedman/pdf/0EntireBk051411.pdf http://www.math.osu.edu/~friedman/pdf/0EntireBk051411.pdf