Full Idea
The fons et origo of all confusion is the view that set theory is just another axiomatic theory and the universe of sets just another mathematical structure. ...The universe of sets ...is the world that all mathematical structures inhabit.
Clarification
'Fons et origo' is the original source
Gist of Idea
Set theory is not just another axiomatised part of mathematics
Source
John Mayberry (What Required for Foundation for Maths? [1994], p.416-1)
Book Reference
'Philosophy of Mathematics: anthology', ed/tr. Jacquette,Dale [Blackwell 2002], p.416
Related Idea
Idea 17802 We don't translate mathematics into set theory, because it comes embodied in that way [Mayberry]