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Re: An uncountable countable set

Subject: Re: An uncountable countable set
From: Lester Zick
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:09:39 -0700
Newsgroups: sci.math
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:34:52 -0500, David Marcus
<DavidMarcus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>MoeBlee wrote:
>> Tony Orlow wrote:
>> > stephen@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> 
>> > > The point is, there are different types of numbers, and statements
>> > > that are true of one type of number need not be true of other
>> > > types of numbers.
>> 
>> > Well, then, you must be of the opinion that set theory is NOT the
>> > foundation for all mathematics, but only some particular system of
>> > numbers and ideas: a theory. That's good.
>> 
>> Whether he thinks set theory is or is not a foundation, it doesn't
>> follow that he should not think it is a foundation simply because there
>> are different kinds of numbers.
>
>It certainly appears that Tony doesn't know what the word "foundation" 
>means in this context.

Nor does it appear that you know what words mean in combination.

~v~~

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