A comprehensive philosophical introduction to set theory. Anyone
wishing to work on the logical foundations of mathematics must
understand set theory, which lies at its heart. Potter offers a
thorough account of cardinal and ordinal arithmetic, and the
various axiom candidates. He discusses in detail the project of
set-theoretic reduction, which aims to interpret the rest of
mathematics in terms of set theory. The key question here is how to
deal with the paradoxes that bedevil set theory. Potter offers a
strikingly simple version of the most widely accepted response to
the paradoxes, which classifies sets by means of a hierarchy of
levels. What makes the book unique is that it interweaves a careful
presentation of the technical material with a penetrating
philosophical critique. Potter does not merely expound the theory
dogmatically but at every stage discusses in detail the reasons
that can be offered for believing it to be true.
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