Ideas from 'works' by George Cantor [1880], by Theme Structure
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 1. Set Theory
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Trying to represent curves, we study arbitrary functions, leading to the ordinals, which produces set theory [Lavine]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 2. Mechanics of Set Theory / c. Basic theorems of ST
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Cantor proved that all sets have more subsets than they have members [Bostock]
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Cantor's Theorem: for any set x, its power set P(x) has more members than x [Hart,WD]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / c. Unit (Singleton) Sets
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If a set is 'a many thought of as one', beginners should protest against singleton sets [Lewis]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / d. Infinite Sets
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Cantor showed that supposed contradictions in infinity were just a lack of clarity [Potter]
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The continuum is the powerset of the integers, which moves up a level [Clegg]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / d. Axiom of Unions III
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The Axiom of Union dates from 1899, and seems fairly obvious [Maddy]
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 5. Conceptions of Set / b. Combinatorial sets
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Cantor's sets were just collections, but Dedekind's were containers [Oliver/Smiley]
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5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 8. Enumerability
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There are infinite sets that are not enumerable [Smith,P]
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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 5. Paradoxes in Set Theory / b. Cantor's paradox
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Cantor's Paradox: the power set of the universe must be bigger than the universe, yet a subset of it [Hart,WD]
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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 5. Paradoxes in Set Theory / e. Mirimanoff's paradox
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The powerset of all the cardinal numbers is required to be greater than itself [Friend]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 1. Mathematics
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Cantor named the third realm between the finite and the Absolute the 'transfinite' [Lavine]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / b. Types of number
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Cantor proved the points on a plane are in one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line [Lavine]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / c. Priority of numbers
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Cantor took the ordinal numbers to be primary [Tait]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / d. Natural numbers
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Cantor presented the totality of natural numbers as finite, not infinite [Mayberry]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / e. Ordinal numbers
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Cantor introduced the distinction between cardinals and ordinals [Tait]
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Cantor showed that ordinals are more basic than cardinals [Dummett]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / f. Cardinal numbers
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A cardinal is an abstraction, from the nature of a set's elements, and from their order
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers
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Cantor's diagonal argument proved you can't list all decimal numbers between 0 and 1 [Read]
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Cantor tried to prove points on a line matched naturals or reals - but nothing in between [Lavine]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / h. Reals from Cauchy
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A real is associated with an infinite set of infinite Cauchy sequences of rationals [Lavine]
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Irrational numbers are the limits of Cauchy sequences of rational numbers [Lavine]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite
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Irrationals and the Dedekind Cut implied infinite classes, but they seemed to have logical difficulties [Lavine]
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It was Cantor's diagonal argument which revealed infinities greater than that of the real numbers [Lavine]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / d. Actual infinite
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Cantor proposes that there won't be a potential infinity if there is no actual infinity [Hart,WD]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / f. Uncountable infinities
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The naturals won't map onto the reals, so there are different sizes of infinity [George/Velleman]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / g. Continuum Hypothesis
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The Continuum Hypothesis says there are no sets between the natural numbers and reals [Shapiro]
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CH: An infinite set of reals corresponds 1-1 either to the naturals or to the reals [Koellner]
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Cantor: there is no size between naturals and reals, or between a set and its power set [Hart,WD]
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Cantor's Continuum Hypothesis says there is a gap between the natural and the real numbers [Horsten]
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Continuum Hypothesis: there are no sets between N and P(N) [Wolf,RS]
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Continuum Hypothesis: no cardinal greater than aleph-null but less than cardinality of the continuum [Chihara]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / h. Ordinal infinity
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Cantor's theory concerns collections which can be counted, using the ordinals [Lavine]
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Cantor extended ordinals into the transfinite, and they can thus measure infinite cardinalities [Maddy]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / i. Cardinal infinity
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Cardinality strictly concerns one-one correspondence, to test infinite sameness of size [Maddy]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / e. Caesar problem
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Property extensions outstrip objects, so shortage of objects caused the Caesar problem [Shapiro]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 6. Mathematics as Set Theory / a. Mathematics is set theory
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Pure mathematics is pure set theory
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / a. Mathematical empiricism
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Cantor says that maths originates only by abstraction from objects [Frege]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / a. Nature of concepts
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Infinities expand the bounds of the conceivable; we explore concepts to explore conceivability [Friend]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection
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Cantor says (vaguely) that we abstract numbers from equal sized sets [Hart,WD]
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27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space
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Cantor proved that three dimensions have the same number of points as one dimension [Clegg]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature
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Only God is absolutely infinite [Hart,WD]
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