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Re: Question about Quine's New Foundations

Subject: Re: Question about Quine's New Foundations
From: Aatu Koskensilta
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 01:49:35 +0300
Newsgroups: sci.logic
Rupert wrote:
lugita15@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I know that NF is different from both Zermelo set theory and TST.
Rather, NF is equivalent to TST plus an axiom scheme which asserts that
every formula phi is equivalent to phi+, which raises the types of all
the variables in phi by 1.

Are you sure about this? Is this result anywhere in the literature?

It's a famous result of Specker. You can find it at least in

 Specker, E.P. Typical ambiguity. In Logic, methodology and
 philosophy of sci­ence. Ed E. Nagel, Stanford University Press, 1962.

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