FOM: second order logic is a myth

Harvey Friedman friedman at math.ohio-state.edu
Thu Feb 25 10:33:14 EST 1999


Reply to Simpson 3:11PM 2/25/99:

>Harvey, thanks for your concise put-down of second-order logic in 24
>Feb 1999 20:08:49.  This is a much better formulation of some of the
>points that I have been trying to make.
>
>By the way Harvey, what's your opinion of the views of your Ohio State
>University colleague, Stewart Shapiro, as expressed in his book
>`Foundations Without Foundationalism: A Case for Second-order Logic'?
>
I'd like to use an old saying:

my colleagues, right or wrong!





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