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Disputatio philosophica : International Journal on Philosophy and Religion, Vol. 15 No. 1, 2013.

Original scientific paper

World as the empty set

Slavenka Tokić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-7132-1050 ; Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus, University of Zagreb

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Abstract

The article discusses how the empty set reflects reality. Every possible world is observed as a set of objects which are holders of various properties. By applying the Löwenheim-Skolem theorem, every world is reduced to the set of natural numbers. Furthermore, it is shown that each natural number can be presented as a reflection of the empty set. Finally, the empty set concept is used to support some basic ideas of neoplatonic and Christian philosophy.

Keywords

empty set; world; Löwenheim-Skolem theorem; natural numbers; creatio ex nihilo; God

Hrčak ID:

115408

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/115408

Publication date:

30.1.2014.

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