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If $\psi$ is a predicate that is definable in $FOL(\in,=)$ by a formula from parameters in $V$, then if $\psi$ hold of the class $\small ORD$ of all ordinals in $V$, then the class of all cardinals in $V$ satisfying $\psi$ is non empty and is isomorphic on membership with $\small ORD$

Formally this is: $\psi(\small ORD) \to \forall x (x = \{y| \ y \text{ is a cardinal } \wedge \psi(y)\} \to x \neq \emptyset \wedge x \cong \small ORD)$

Now this axiom scheme is to be added on top of axioms of the following theory formulated in first order predicate logic with extra-logical primitives of equality, membership and a single primitive constant symbol $V$ denoting the class of all sets.

The axioms are those of first order identity theory +

  1. Extensionality: $\forall x (x \in a \leftrightarrow x \in b) \to a=b$
  2. Foundation over all classes: $\exists m \in x \to \exists y \in x (y \cap x = \emptyset)$
  3. Class comprehension axiom: if $\phi(y)$ is a formula in which the symbol $``y"$ occurs free, then all closures of: $\exists x \forall y (y \in x \leftrightarrow y \in V \wedge \phi(y))$ are axioms.

Define $\{|\}: x=\{y|\phi(y)\} \iff \forall y (y \in x \leftrightarrow y \in V \wedge \phi(y))$

  1. Transitivity: $x \in V \wedge y \in x \to y \in V$

  2. Supertransitivity: $x \in V \wedge y \subseteq x \to y \in V$

  3. Pairing: $a,b \in V \to \{a,b\} \in V$

  4. Set Union: $a \in V \to \{x| \exists y \in a (x \in y)\} \in V$

  5. Power: $a \in V \to \{x| x \subseteq a\} \in V$

  6. Limitation of size: $|x| < |V| \to x \in V$$|x| < |V| \wedge x \subset V \to x \in V$

Where $``||"$ denotes cardinality function defined in the usual manner.

Now its clear that this theory goes beyond $ZFC$, since $\small ORD$ would provably be a regular cardinal and so the set of all regular cardinals in $ORD$ must be isomorphic on membership with $ORD$, and so we must have inaccessible cardinals in $ORD$, actually it is even simpler than that, simply take the property of being "inaccessible cardinal" which is definable in the pure language of set theory, clearly $ORD$ fulfills that, so there must be an inaccessible cardinal in $ORD$. However it is not clear to me how far this theory can go to?

Question: what is the consistency strength of this theory?

If $\psi$ is a predicate that is definable in $FOL(\in,=)$ by a formula from parameters in $V$, then if $\psi$ hold of the class $\small ORD$ of all ordinals in $V$, then the class of all cardinals in $V$ satisfying $\psi$ is non empty and is isomorphic on membership with $\small ORD$

Formally this is: $\psi(\small ORD) \to \forall x (x = \{y| \ y \text{ is a cardinal } \wedge \psi(y)\} \to x \neq \emptyset \wedge x \cong \small ORD)$

Now this axiom scheme is to be added on top of axioms of the following theory formulated in first order predicate logic with extra-logical primitives of equality, membership and a single primitive constant symbol $V$ denoting the class of all sets.

The axioms are those of first order identity theory +

  1. Extensionality: $\forall x (x \in a \leftrightarrow x \in b) \to a=b$
  2. Foundation over all classes: $\exists m \in x \to \exists y \in x (y \cap x = \emptyset)$
  3. Class comprehension axiom: if $\phi(y)$ is a formula in which the symbol $``y"$ occurs free, then all closures of: $\exists x \forall y (y \in x \leftrightarrow y \in V \wedge \phi(y))$ are axioms.

Define $\{|\}: x=\{y|\phi(y)\} \iff \forall y (y \in x \leftrightarrow y \in V \wedge \phi(y))$

  1. Transitivity: $x \in V \wedge y \in x \to y \in V$

  2. Supertransitivity: $x \in V \wedge y \subseteq x \to y \in V$

  3. Pairing: $a,b \in V \to \{a,b\} \in V$

  4. Set Union: $a \in V \to \{x| \exists y \in a (x \in y)\} \in V$

  5. Power: $a \in V \to \{x| x \subseteq a\} \in V$

  6. Limitation of size: $|x| < |V| \to x \in V$

Where $``||"$ denotes cardinality function defined in the usual manner.

Now its clear that this theory goes beyond $ZFC$, since $\small ORD$ would provably be a regular cardinal and so the set of all regular cardinals in $ORD$ must be isomorphic on membership with $ORD$, and so we must have inaccessible cardinals in $ORD$, actually it is even simpler than that, simply take the property of being "inaccessible cardinal" which is definable in the pure language of set theory, clearly $ORD$ fulfills that, so there must be an inaccessible cardinal in $ORD$. However it is not clear to me how far this theory can go to?

Question: what is the consistency strength of this theory?

If $\psi$ is a predicate that is definable in $FOL(\in,=)$ by a formula from parameters in $V$, then if $\psi$ hold of the class $\small ORD$ of all ordinals in $V$, then the class of all cardinals in $V$ satisfying $\psi$ is non empty and is isomorphic on membership with $\small ORD$

Formally this is: $\psi(\small ORD) \to \forall x (x = \{y| \ y \text{ is a cardinal } \wedge \psi(y)\} \to x \neq \emptyset \wedge x \cong \small ORD)$

Now this axiom scheme is to be added on top of axioms of the following theory formulated in first order predicate logic with extra-logical primitives of equality, membership and a single primitive constant symbol $V$ denoting the class of all sets.

The axioms are those of first order identity theory +

  1. Extensionality: $\forall x (x \in a \leftrightarrow x \in b) \to a=b$
  2. Foundation over all classes: $\exists m \in x \to \exists y \in x (y \cap x = \emptyset)$
  3. Class comprehension axiom: if $\phi(y)$ is a formula in which the symbol $``y"$ occurs free, then all closures of: $\exists x \forall y (y \in x \leftrightarrow y \in V \wedge \phi(y))$ are axioms.

Define $\{|\}: x=\{y|\phi(y)\} \iff \forall y (y \in x \leftrightarrow y \in V \wedge \phi(y))$

  1. Transitivity: $x \in V \wedge y \in x \to y \in V$

  2. Supertransitivity: $x \in V \wedge y \subseteq x \to y \in V$

  3. Pairing: $a,b \in V \to \{a,b\} \in V$

  4. Set Union: $a \in V \to \{x| \exists y \in a (x \in y)\} \in V$

  5. Power: $a \in V \to \{x| x \subseteq a\} \in V$

  6. Limitation of size: $|x| < |V| \wedge x \subset V \to x \in V$

Where $``||"$ denotes cardinality function defined in the usual manner.

Now its clear that this theory goes beyond $ZFC$, since $\small ORD$ would provably be a regular cardinal and so the set of all regular cardinals in $ORD$ must be isomorphic on membership with $ORD$, and so we must have inaccessible cardinals in $ORD$, actually it is even simpler than that, simply take the property of being "inaccessible cardinal" which is definable in the pure language of set theory, clearly $ORD$ fulfills that, so there must be an inaccessible cardinal in $ORD$. However it is not clear to me how far this theory can go to?

Question: what is the consistency strength of this theory?

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If $\psi$ is a predicate that is definable in $FOL(\in,=)$ by a formula from parameters in $V$, then if $\psi$ hold of the class $\small ORD$ of all ordinals in $V$, then the class of all cardinals in $V$ satisfying $\psi$ is non empty and is isomorphic on membership with $\small ORD$

Formally this is: $\psi(\small ORD) \to \forall x (x = \{y| \ y \text{ is a cardinal } \wedge \psi(y)\} \to x \neq \emptyset \wedge x \cong \small ORD)$

Now this axiom scheme is to be added on top of the axioms of the following theory formulated formulated in the language of set theoryfirst order predicate logic with the additionextra-logical primitives of equality, membership and a single primitive constant symbol $V$ denoting the class of all sets.

The axioms are those of first order identity theory +

  1. Extensionality: $\forall x (x \in a \leftrightarrow x \in b) \to a=b$
  2. Foundation over all classes: $\exists m \in x \to \exists y \in x (y \cap x = \emptyset)$
  3. Class comprehension axiom: if $\phi(y)$ is a formula in which the symbol $``y"$ occurs free, then all closures of: $\exists x \forall y (y \in x \leftrightarrow y \in V \wedge \phi(y))$ are axioms.

Define $\{|\}: x=\{y|\phi(y)\} \iff \forall y (y \in x \leftrightarrow y \in V \wedge \phi(y))$

  1. Transitivity: $x \in V \wedge y \in x \to y \in V$

  2. Supertransitivity: $x \in V \wedge y \subseteq x \to y \in V$

  3. Pairing: $a,b \in V \to \{a,b\} \in V$

  4. Set Union: $a \in V \to \{x| \exists y \in a (x \in y)\} \in V$

  5. Power: $a \in V \to \{x| x \subseteq a\} \in V$

  6. Limitation of size: $|x| < |V| \to x \in V$

Where $``||"$ denotes cardinality function defined in the usual manner.

Now its clear that this theory goes beyond $ZFC$, since $\small ORD$ would provably be a regular cardinal and so the set of all regular cardinals in $ORD$ must be isomorphic on membership with $ORD$, and so we must have inaccessible cardinals in $ORD$, actually it is even simpler than that, simply take the property of being "inaccessible cardinal" which is definable in the pure language of set theory, clearly $ORD$ fulfills that, so there must be an inaccessible cardinal in $ORD$. However it is not clear to me how far this theory can go to?

Question: what is the consistency strength of this theory?

If $\psi$ is a predicate that is definable in $FOL(\in,=)$ by a formula from parameters in $V$, then if $\psi$ hold of the class $\small ORD$ of all ordinals in $V$, then the class of all cardinals in $V$ satisfying $\psi$ is non empty and is isomorphic on membership with $\small ORD$

Formally this is: $\psi(\small ORD) \to \forall x (x = \{y| \ y \text{ is a cardinal } \wedge \psi(y)\} \to x \neq \emptyset \wedge x \cong \small ORD)$

Now this axiom scheme is to be added on top of the axioms of following theory formulated in the language of set theory with the addition of a single primitive constant symbol $V$ denoting the class of all sets.

The axioms are those of first order identity theory +

  1. Extensionality: $\forall x (x \in a \leftrightarrow x \in b) \to a=b$
  2. Foundation over all classes: $\exists m \in x \to \exists y \in x (y \cap x = \emptyset)$
  3. Class comprehension axiom: if $\phi(y)$ is a formula in which the symbol $``y"$ occurs free, then all closures of: $\exists x \forall y (y \in x \leftrightarrow y \in V \wedge \phi(y))$ are axioms.

Define $\{|\}: x=\{y|\phi(y)\} \iff \forall y (y \in x \leftrightarrow y \in V \wedge \phi(y))$

  1. Transitivity: $x \in V \wedge y \in x \to y \in V$

  2. Supertransitivity: $x \in V \wedge y \subseteq x \to y \in V$

  3. Pairing: $a,b \in V \to \{a,b\} \in V$

  4. Set Union: $a \in V \to \{x| \exists y \in a (x \in y)\} \in V$

  5. Power: $a \in V \to \{x| x \subseteq a\} \in V$

  6. Limitation of size: $|x| < |V| \to x \in V$

Where $``||"$ denotes cardinality function defined in the usual manner.

Now its clear that this theory goes beyond $ZFC$, since $\small ORD$ would provably be a regular cardinal and so the set of all regular cardinals in $ORD$ must be isomorphic on membership with $ORD$, and so we must have inaccessible cardinals in $ORD$, actually it is even simpler than that, simply take the property of being "inaccessible cardinal" which is definable in the pure language of set theory, clearly $ORD$ fulfills that, so there must be an inaccessible cardinal in $ORD$. However it is not clear to me how far this theory can go to?

Question: what is the consistency strength of this theory?

If $\psi$ is a predicate that is definable in $FOL(\in,=)$ by a formula from parameters in $V$, then if $\psi$ hold of the class $\small ORD$ of all ordinals in $V$, then the class of all cardinals in $V$ satisfying $\psi$ is non empty and is isomorphic on membership with $\small ORD$

Formally this is: $\psi(\small ORD) \to \forall x (x = \{y| \ y \text{ is a cardinal } \wedge \psi(y)\} \to x \neq \emptyset \wedge x \cong \small ORD)$

Now this axiom scheme is to be added on top of axioms of the following theory formulated in first order predicate logic with extra-logical primitives of equality, membership and a single primitive constant symbol $V$ denoting the class of all sets.

The axioms are those of first order identity theory +

  1. Extensionality: $\forall x (x \in a \leftrightarrow x \in b) \to a=b$
  2. Foundation over all classes: $\exists m \in x \to \exists y \in x (y \cap x = \emptyset)$
  3. Class comprehension axiom: if $\phi(y)$ is a formula in which the symbol $``y"$ occurs free, then all closures of: $\exists x \forall y (y \in x \leftrightarrow y \in V \wedge \phi(y))$ are axioms.

Define $\{|\}: x=\{y|\phi(y)\} \iff \forall y (y \in x \leftrightarrow y \in V \wedge \phi(y))$

  1. Transitivity: $x \in V \wedge y \in x \to y \in V$

  2. Supertransitivity: $x \in V \wedge y \subseteq x \to y \in V$

  3. Pairing: $a,b \in V \to \{a,b\} \in V$

  4. Set Union: $a \in V \to \{x| \exists y \in a (x \in y)\} \in V$

  5. Power: $a \in V \to \{x| x \subseteq a\} \in V$

  6. Limitation of size: $|x| < |V| \to x \in V$

Where $``||"$ denotes cardinality function defined in the usual manner.

Now its clear that this theory goes beyond $ZFC$, since $\small ORD$ would provably be a regular cardinal and so the set of all regular cardinals in $ORD$ must be isomorphic on membership with $ORD$, and so we must have inaccessible cardinals in $ORD$, actually it is even simpler than that, simply take the property of being "inaccessible cardinal" which is definable in the pure language of set theory, clearly $ORD$ fulfills that, so there must be an inaccessible cardinal in $ORD$. However it is not clear to me how far this theory can go to?

Question: what is the consistency strength of this theory?

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What is the consistency strength of this kind of reflection principle?

If $\psi$ is a predicate that is definable in $FOL(\in,=)$ by a formula from parameters in $V$, then if $\psi$ hold of the class $\small ORD$ of all ordinals in $V$, then the class of all cardinals in $V$ satisfying $\psi$ is non empty and is isomorphic on membership with $\small ORD$

Formally this is: $\psi(\small ORD) \to \forall x (x = \{y| \ y \text{ is a cardinal } \wedge \psi(y)\} \to x \neq \emptyset \wedge x \cong \small ORD)$

Now this axiom scheme is to be added on top of the axioms of following theory formulated in the language of set theory with the addition of a single primitive constant symbol $V$ denoting the class of all sets.

The axioms are those of first order identity theory +

  1. Extensionality: $\forall x (x \in a \leftrightarrow x \in b) \to a=b$
  2. Foundation over all classes: $\exists m \in x \to \exists y \in x (y \cap x = \emptyset)$
  3. Class comprehension axiom: if $\phi(y)$ is a formula in which the symbol $``y"$ occurs free, then all closures of: $\exists x \forall y (y \in x \leftrightarrow y \in V \wedge \phi(y))$ are axioms.

Define $\{|\}: x=\{y|\phi(y)\} \iff \forall y (y \in x \leftrightarrow y \in V \wedge \phi(y))$

  1. Transitivity: $x \in V \wedge y \in x \to y \in V$

  2. Supertransitivity: $x \in V \wedge y \subseteq x \to y \in V$

  3. Pairing: $a,b \in V \to \{a,b\} \in V$

  4. Set Union: $a \in V \to \{x| \exists y \in a (x \in y)\} \in V$

  5. Power: $a \in V \to \{x| x \subseteq a\} \in V$

  6. Limitation of size: $|x| < |V| \to x \in V$

Where $``||"$ denotes cardinality function defined in the usual manner.

Now its clear that this theory goes beyond $ZFC$, since $\small ORD$ would provably be a regular cardinal and so the set of all regular cardinals in $ORD$ must be isomorphic on membership with $ORD$, and so we must have inaccessible cardinals in $ORD$, actually it is even simpler than that, simply take the property of being "inaccessible cardinal" which is definable in the pure language of set theory, clearly $ORD$ fulfills that, so there must be an inaccessible cardinal in $ORD$. However it is not clear to me how far this theory can go to?

Question: what is the consistency strength of this theory?