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Predicative well-ordering

Logic 2018-11-09 v1

Abstract

Confusion over the predicativist conception of well-ordering pervades the literature and is responsible for widespread fundamental misconceptions about the nature of predicative reasoning. This short note aims to explain the principal fallacy, first noted in [N. Weaver, Predicativity beyond Gamma_0, arXiv:math/0509244], and some of its consequences.

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@article{arxiv.1811.03543,
  title  = {Predicative well-ordering},
  author = {Nik Weaver},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.03543},
  year   = {2018}
}

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7 pages