Re: Tautologies Then and Now

From: Owen (oorionus_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/05/04 

Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 14:00:44 -0500

  "George Cox" <george_coxanti@spambtinternet.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> Lester Zick wrote:
>>
>>... Mathematics is held to
>> be tautological, ...
>
> By whom? Anybody other than Wittgenstein?

  Frank Ramsay and others including me, etc. agree.

  That (1+1=2) is tautologous, ie. logically true, is clear.
  Because of (Frege-Russell)'s analysis.

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