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  • set theory
    / Essential features of Cantorian set theory

    …x (and possibly others), Cantor’s principle of abstraction asserts the existence of a set A such that, for each object x, x ∊ A if and only if S(x) holds. (Mathematicians later formulated a restricted principle of abstraction, also known as the principle of comprehension, in which self-referencing predicates, or…

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    …x (and possibly others), Cantor’s principle of abstraction asserts the existence of a set A such that, for each object x, x ∊ A if and only if S(x) holds. (Mathematicians later formulated a restricted principle of abstraction, also known as the principle of comprehension, in which self-referencing predicates, or…

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