Universality in Set Theories: A Study in Formal Ontology

by Manuel Bremer

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110325268
• ISBN13: 9783110325263
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"