Predicativity beyond Gamma_0

dc.creatorWeaver, Nik
dc.date2005-09-11
dc.date2009-05-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T13:13:11Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T13:13:11Z
dc.descriptionWe reevaluate the claim that predicative reasoning (given the natural numbers) is limited by the Feferman-Schutte ordinal Gamma_0. First we comprehensively criticize the arguments that have been offered in support of this position. Then we analyze predicativism from first principles and develop a general method for accessing ordinals which is predicatively valid according to this analysis. We find that the Veblen ordinal ϕ_{Ω^ω}(0), and larger ordinals, are predicatively provable.
dc.description38 pages Some minor corrections; no major changes
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0509244
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0509244
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/229808
dc.subjectLogic
dc.subjectGeneral Mathematics
dc.titlePredicativity beyond Gamma_0
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