Single Idea 15894

[catalogued under 4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 5. Conceptions of Set / d. Naïve logical sets]

Full Idea

Russell was the inventor of the naïve set theory so often attributed to Cantor.

Gist of Idea

Russell invented the naïve set theory usually attributed to Cantor

Source

report of Bertrand Russell (The Principles of Mathematics [1903]) by Shaughan Lavine - Understanding the Infinite I

Book Reference

Lavine,Shaughan: 'Understanding the Infinite' [Harvard 1994], p.3

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