Michael Potter presents a comprehensive new philosophical introduction to set theory. Anyone wishing to work on the logical foundations of mathematics must unde

This unique approach maintains that set theory is the primary mechanism for ideological and theoretical unification in modern mathematics, and its technically i

This unique approach maintains that set theory is the primary mechanism for ideological and theoretical unification in modern mathematics, and its technically i

DIVBeginning with perspectives on the finite universe and classes and Aristotelian logic, the author examines permutations, combinations, and infinite cardinali

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 q