Talk:Set theory
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I just remembered something I would absolutely love to see discussed in excrutiatingly fine detail! :-) Alternatives to Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory is a topic that has always fascinated me, but my limited mathematical skill (most of the material available on alternative theories seems to be at a graduate level -- i haven't gone beyond 1st year college mathematics) has meant I haven't found much information I could understand.
I'm especially interested in theories which allow the existence of a universal set, yet still somehow manage to get around Russell's Paradox? -- SJK
An example is New Foundations. -- Toby Bartels 07:58 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)
A question: atleast in Europe I often hear talk about Formalism, how is this related to set theory? -- anon
This is part of the philosophy of mathematics. -- Toby Bartels 07:58 12 Jun 2003 (UTC)
Sets don't necessarily represent collections of abstract objects. A set could comprise the planets, or the Presidents of USA or... anything. Not just abstract!
list of set theory topics
This list does not yet exist. This is a hint. Michael Hardy 23:20, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
