Edited by
Dov M. Gabbay, King's College London, UK
Akihiro Kanamori
John Woods, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Description
Set theory is an autonomous and sophisticated field of mathematics that is extremely successful at analyzing mathematical propositions
and gauging their consistency strength. It is as a field of mathematics that both proceeds with its own internal questions and is capable
of contextualizing over a broad range, which makes set theory an intriguing and highly distinctive subject. This handbook covers the
rich history of scientific turning points in set theory, providing fresh insights and points of view. Written by leading researchers
in the field, both this volume and the Handbook as a whole are definitive reference tools for senior undergraduates, graduate students
and researchers in mathematics, the history of philosophy, and any discipline such as computer science, cognitive psychology, and artificial
intelligence, for whom the historical background of his or her work is a salient consideration
Included in series
Handbook of the History of Logic
Audience:
Researchers and graduate students in all areas of logic: Historians of logic, cognitive psychologists, computer scientists, mathematicians
