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Let's work with Harvey Friedman's theory ${\sf K}(W)$ as in his seminar notes "Axiomatization of Set Theory by Extensionality, Separation, and Reducibility", formulated in the language of set theory with a primitive constant symbol $W$ added, i.e. in ${\sf FOL}(\in,W)$

Axioms:

Extensionality: $$\forall Z \, (Z \in X \iff Z \in Y) \implies \\\forall Z \, (X \in Z \iff Y \in Z)$$

Subworld Separation: $$\forall A \in W \, \exists X \in W \, \forall Y \, (Y \in X \iff Y \in A \land \phi)$$; where formula $\phi$ doesn't use the symbol "$X$".

Reducibility: if $\phi$ is a formula in ${\sf FOL} (\in)$, with all parameters among "$X,\vec{P}$ " then: $$\forall \vec{P} \in W [ (\exists X: \phi) \implies \exists X \in W: \phi]$$

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Which is equiconsistent with ZFC.

Is it consistent to add the following principle:

Generalization: if $\phi$ is a formula in ${\sf FOL} (\in)$, with all parameters among symbols "$X,\vec{P}$ "; then: $$ \forall \vec{P} \in W [(\forall \operatorname {infinite} X \in W: \phi) \implies \phi(W)]$$

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Generalization holds in K(W). Suppose it did not, that ยฌ๐œ™(W) holds and โˆ€infinite๐‘‹โˆˆ๐‘Š:๐œ™.

Then โˆƒX((infiniteX)โˆงยฌ๐œ™), since this is true when X is W. By Reducibility

โˆƒXโˆˆW((infiniteX)โˆงยฌ๐œ™). But this contradicts the fact that โˆ€infinite๐‘‹โˆˆ๐‘Š:๐œ™.

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