RE: On Hell and Forgiveness
September 14, 2018 at 1:10 pm
(This post was last modified: September 14, 2018 at 1:26 pm by Angrboda.)
Yeah, I don't see how resurrecting Frege's failed project adds any light to the discussion.
Of particular note, Steve, you apparently didn't read far enough, the Wikipedia article you quote states, "Although Bertrand Russell later found a major flaw in Frege's work (this flaw is known as Russell's paradox, which is resolved by axiomatic set theory), the book was influential in subsequent developments, such as Principia Mathematica." So the problems with Frege's concepts was resolved by appeal to set theory. Even ignoring that for the moment, unless you can argue Frege's point independently of Frege, all you're doing is making an appeal to authority which, for various reasons, is unsuccessful. But if you want to argue Frege on his own terms, knowing that he was ultimately unsuccessful, I'm more than happy to listen.
I stand by my prior arguments.
Of particular note, Steve, you apparently didn't read far enough, the Wikipedia article you quote states, "Although Bertrand Russell later found a major flaw in Frege's work (this flaw is known as Russell's paradox, which is resolved by axiomatic set theory), the book was influential in subsequent developments, such as Principia Mathematica." So the problems with Frege's concepts was resolved by appeal to set theory. Even ignoring that for the moment, unless you can argue Frege's point independently of Frege, all you're doing is making an appeal to authority which, for various reasons, is unsuccessful. But if you want to argue Frege on his own terms, knowing that he was ultimately unsuccessful, I'm more than happy to listen.
I stand by my prior arguments.
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