Re: Classifying the Axiom of Choice

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From: Obnoxious Math Grad Student
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1988 22:48

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In article <25011@linus.UUCP>, bwk@mitre-bedford (Barry W. Kort) writes:
>My choice is to classify the Axiom of Choice as synthetic and
>a posteriori.

I favor analytic a posteriori, myself.  "analytic", since all mathematical
truths are, and "a posteriori", since AC is based on our derived perceptions
of sets.

[Oh Greg, I originally missed your article, thanks to the joys of `K'.]

ucbvax!garnet!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720

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