Quine, New Foundations, and the Philosophy of Set Theory

Author:   Sean Morris
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781316606636


Pages:   220
Publication Date:   21 January 2021
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Quine, New Foundations, and the Philosophy of Set Theory


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Author:   Sean Morris
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.330kg
ISBN:  

9781316606636


ISBN 10:   1316606635
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   21 January 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; Part I: 1. Cantor and the early development of set theory; 2. Cantor, Russell, and Zermelo and the set-theoretic paradoxes; 3. NF and the beginnings of Quine's philosophy of set theory; Part II: 4. Quine's philosophy of set theory; 5. Clarifying our conceptual scheme: set theory and the role of explication; Part III: 6. The iterative conception and set theory; 7. NF, the axiom of choice, and arithmetic; Bibliography; Index.

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'Sean Morris's book fills a heretofore gaping hole in our understanding of the origins and history of set theory, explaining how Quine's New Foundations is not the isolated, idiosyncratic system it is sometimes taken to be, but is instead deeply connected - historically, philosophically, and mathematically - to other, now more mainstream, accounts of the nature of sets.' Roy T. Cook, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities


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Sean Morris is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. He has written extensively on Quine and the history of analytic philosophy with a particular emphasis on Quine's work in the foundations of mathematics.

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