Re: Moore on Skolem's Paradox

William of Ockham wrote:
If by contrast the difference in extension is not in principle
demonstrable, then the two terms (surely) have the same meaning.

So the terms "the set of all quadruplets of naturals x,y,z,n with n>2 such that x^n + y^n = z^n" and "the empty set" have the same meaning?

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