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It seems like Hume's Principle is only a matter of semantics, not of mathematics. The concept of one-to-one correspondence is useful even if we don't refer to i
by OscarCunningham 3y ago
It seems like Hume's Principle is only a matter of semantics, not of mathematics. The concept of one-to-one correspondence is useful even if we don't refer to it as size. All existing proofs would be equally valid even if we didn't accept this definition of 'size', since it would still be true that there is or isn't a correspondence between two sets, even if we refer to it in a different way.
- cubefox 3y agoWell, set theory contains axioms specifically to introduce sets of such "size". These axioms aren't just definitions.
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