This book places Quine's set theory, New Foundations, within its general philosophical and historical context and shows its relation to his other work and its continuing relevance to philosophy. It will appeal to scholars and advanced students interested in Quine and in logic more generally.
This book places Quine's set theory, New Foundations, within its general philosophical and historical context and shows its relation to his other work and its continuing relevance to philosophy. It will appeal to scholars and advanced students interested in Quine and in logic more generally.
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.
Inhaltsangabe
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.
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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