Re: Moore on Skolem's Paradox


Torkel Franzen wrote:
> "William of Ockham" <d3uckner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > No, I meant to say what I said.
>
> Well, then I can only observe that "the model that set theory has,
> when its sentences express the propositions they ordinarily express"
> makes no obvious sense.

Why not? On the assumption that the sentence "the real numbers are
uncountable" could have a different meaning (express a different
proposition) OAO a different interpretation, it makes sense to speak of
the meaning which that sentence ordinarily has.

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