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    The axioms of second-order logic, including the Comprehen... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Quine's characterization of second-order logic as 'set theory in sheep's clothing' — implying its ontological commitments are on the same level as set theory — is undermined

    The axioms of second-order logic, including the Comprehension Axioms and Axioms of Choice, can be satisfied in a one-element domain

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    Let \(c,d\in (a,b)\) such that \(f(c)<0\) and \(f(d)>0\). Without loss of generality, \(c<d\). Let \(X=\{e\in(a,b) : f(e)<0\}\). Since we have relation variables for subsets of the domain, we can think of X simply as a value of such a relation variable. , \(X=\{e : e\notin X\}\)) and then we should not be able to claim that it exists. However, in this case the Comprehension Axiom Schema implies that X exists. Clearly, \(X\ne\emptyset\) and X is bounded from above by d. One of the sec

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