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ordinal-definability

Ordinal definability—how did Gödel do it?
Gödel proposed the concept of ordinal definability well before the reflection theorem of Lévy and Montague existed. How did he do it?
Sep 20 • Joel David Hamkins
Ordinal definability is definable
Why is the notion of ordinal definability definable in set theory, when the underlying notion of definability, we know, is not definable? How do we…
Aug 31 • Joel David Hamkins
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