Set Theory and Its Philosophy

Set Theory and Its Philosophy
Author: Michael D. Potter
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2004
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780199269730

A wonderful new book ... Potter has written the best philosophical introduction to set theory on the market - Timothy Bays, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

The Philosophy of Set Theory

The Philosophy of Set Theory
Author: Mary Tiles
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012-03-08
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0486138550

DIVBeginning with perspectives on the finite universe and classes and Aristotelian logic, the author examines permutations, combinations, and infinite cardinalities; numbering the continuum; Cantor's transfinite paradise; axiomatic set theory, and more. /div

Defending the Axioms

Defending the Axioms
Author: Penelope Maddy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2011-01-27
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0199596182

Mathematics depends on proofs, and proofs must begin somewhere, from some fundamental assumptions. The axioms of set theory have long played this role, so the question of how they are properly judged is of central importance. Maddy discusses the appropriate methods for such evaluations and the philosophical backdrop that makes them appropriate.

Universality in Set Theories

Universality in Set Theories
Author: Manuel Bremer
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2013-05-02
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3110326108

The book discusses the fate of universality and a universal set in several set theories. The book aims at a philosophical study of ontological and conceptual questions around set theory. Set theories are ontologies. They posit sets and claim that these exhibit the essential properties laid down in the set theoretical axioms. Collecting these postulated entities quantified over poses the problem of universality. Is the collection of the set theoretical entities itself a set theoretical entity? What does it mean if it is, and what does it mean if it is not? To answer these questions involves developing a theory of the universal set. We have to ask: Are there different aspects to universality in set theory, which stand in conflict to each other? May inconsistency be the price to pay to circumvent ineffability? And most importantly: How far can axiomatic ontology take us out of the problems around universality?

Philosophical Introduction to Set Theory

Philosophical Introduction to Set Theory
Author: Stephen Pollard
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2015-07-15
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0486797147

This unique approach maintains that set theory is the primary mechanism for ideological and theoretical unification in modern mathematics, and its technically informed discussion covers a variety of philosophical issues. 1990 edition.

Set Theory and the Continuum Hypothesis

Set Theory and the Continuum Hypothesis
Author: Paul J. Cohen
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2008-12-09
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0486469212

This exploration of a notorious mathematical problem is the work of the man who discovered the solution. Written by an award-winning professor at Stanford University, it employs intuitive explanations as well as detailed mathematical proofs in a self-contained treatment. This unique text and reference is suitable for students and professionals. 1966 edition. Copyright renewed 1994.

Introduction to the Theory of Sets

Introduction to the Theory of Sets
Author: Joseph Breuer
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2012-08-09
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0486154874

This undergraduate text develops its subject through observations of the physical world, covering finite sets, cardinal numbers, infinite cardinals, and ordinals. Includes exercises with answers. 1958 edition.

Lectures on the Philosophy of Mathematics

Lectures on the Philosophy of Mathematics
Author: Joel David Hamkins
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2021-03-09
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0262542234

An introduction to the philosophy of mathematics grounded in mathematics and motivated by mathematical inquiry and practice. In this book, Joel David Hamkins offers an introduction to the philosophy of mathematics that is grounded in mathematics and motivated by mathematical inquiry and practice. He treats philosophical issues as they arise organically in mathematics, discussing such topics as platonism, realism, logicism, structuralism, formalism, infinity, and intuitionism in mathematical contexts. He organizes the book by mathematical themes--numbers, rigor, geometry, proof, computability, incompleteness, and set theory--that give rise again and again to philosophical considerations.