IlyaShpitser comments on Logical Pinpointing - Less Wrong

62 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 November 2012 03:33PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 08 November 2012 09:54:21PM *  2 points [-]

EY is talking from a position of faith that infinite model theory and second-order logic are good and reasonable things.

I think this is a fallacy of gray. Mathematicians have been using infinite model theory and second-order logic for a while, now; this is strong evidence that they are good and reasonable.

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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 08 November 2012 10:17:42PM 0 points [-]

Well, it's strong evidence that mathematicians find these things useful for publishing papers.