Skolem's paradox 2026-10-31
A countable model of set theory can internally assert that an uncountable set exists. There is no contradiction because “there is a bijection” ranges only over functions in the model. An external enumeration of its domain need not itself be an element of that domain. Löwenheim-Skolem theorem controls external cardinality; Cantor's theorem remains valid for the sets and functions that the model contains.