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Motivating Reductionism about Sets.

The paper raises some difficulties for the typical motivations behind set reductionism, the view that sets are reducible to entities identified independently of set theory.

Published in:Australasian Journal of Philosophy Vol. 86; no. 2; pp. 295 - 308
Main Author: Paseau, Alexander
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2008
Subjects:
Set theory
Reductionism
Philosophy
Ontology
Motivation (Psychology)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The paper raises some difficulties for the typical motivations behind set reductionism, the view that sets are reducible to entities identified independently of set theory.