JoshuaZ comments on But Somebody Would Have Noticed - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 05 May 2010 07:07:23PM 0 points [-]

I'm not sure I know enough about type theory to evaluate this. Although I do know that Russell's original attempts to repair the defect involved type theory (Principia Mathematica uses a form of type theory however in that form one still can't form the set of all sets). I don't think the above works but I don't quite see what's wrong with it. Maybe Sniffnoy or someone else more versed in these matters can comment.

Comment author: Sniffnoy 06 May 2010 02:28:02AM 0 points [-]

I don't know anything about type theory; when I wrote that I heard it has philosophical problems when applied to set theory, I meant I heard that from you. What the problems might actually be was my own guess...

Comment author: JoshuaZ 06 May 2010 02:35:36AM 0 points [-]

Huh. Did I say that? I don't know almost anything about type theory. When did I say that?