Re: Orlow cardinality question

Tony Orlow (aeo6) <aeo6@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Virgil said:
>>
>> Axioms are unfounded. That is the nature of axioms.
> Not good ones. Axioms should be well-considered, and not generated willy-nilly.

So which of the axioms of set theory do you object to. Here is a list.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Zermelo-FraenkelAxioms.html

>>
>> There may be reasons for choosing a particular set of axioms, but, once
>> chosen, they are all that one is allowed to consider in deciding what
>> follows from them.
> Allowed? Tie your own hands, not mine. In my world, any axiom which is assumed
> true may be used in any argument.

So when someone is discussing Spherical Geometry, you think it
is perfectly valid to make arguments using Euclids Fifth Postulate?

Stephen
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