Hume’s Principle (derivable, not postulated)

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Hume’s Principle (derivable, not postulated) is the numerical equivalence principle in Frege’s logical system that is obtained as a theorem rather than assumed as a foundational axiom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf logical principle ⓘ
numerical equivalence principle ⓘ
principle in the philosophy of mathematics ⓘ
theorem ⓘ
aimsAt grounding arithmetic in logic without postulating numerical equivalence as basic ⓘ
appliesTo concepts F and G ⓘ
associatedWith Gottlob Frege ⓘ
logicism ⓘ
philosophy of arithmetic ⓘ
characterizes equality of number via equinumerosity ⓘ
concerns identity conditions for cardinal numbers ⓘ
numbers as extensions of concepts ⓘ
derivationStatus derivable ⓘ
distinguishedBy being derivable rather than assumed as an axiom ⓘ
domain second-order logic with abstraction principles ⓘ
epistemicStatus theorem within the given Fregean framework ⓘ
equates numerical identity with existence of a bijection ⓘ
expresses numerical equivalence of concepts ⓘ
hasComponent biconditional between numerical identity and equinumerosity ⓘ
hasCondition two concepts are equinumerous if there exists a bijection between their instances ⓘ
hasFormulation The number of F’s is equal to the number of G’s if and only if there is a one-to-one correspondence between the F’s and the G’s ⓘ
holdsIn Frege’s logical system ⓘ
influences neo-logicist accounts of arithmetic ⓘ
involves second-order quantification over concepts ⓘ
isContrastedWith Hume’s Principle taken as a basic axiom ⓘ
isDerivedIn Frege’s logical system ⓘ
isFormulatedIn formal logical language ⓘ
isNot foundational axiom ⓘ
postulate ⓘ
isObtainedAs theorem ⓘ
isUsedIn derivations concerning cardinal numbers ⓘ
isVersionOf Hume’s Principle ⓘ
logicalRole numerical equivalence principle for concepts ⓘ
relatesTo Fregean number theory ⓘ
cardinality ⓘ
equinumerosity ⓘ
one-to-one correspondence ⓘ
usedFor characterizing when two concepts have the same number ⓘ

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Frege’s system in "Grundgesetze der Arithmetik" → formalizes → Hume’s Principle (derivable, not postulated) ⓘ
Basic Law V → weakenedVariantsInclude → Hume's Principle ⓘ
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Hume’s Principle (derivable, not postulated) → relatesTo → Fregean number theory ⓘ
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Hume’s Principle (derivable, not postulated) → isVersionOf → Hume’s Principle ⓘ
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Frege’s Conception of Numbers as Objects → mainSubject → Hume’s Principle ⓘ
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The Limits of Abstraction → discusses → Hume’s Principle ⓘ
subject linked to: “The Limits of Abstraction”
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