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This course is concerned with the question of how set theoretic axioms are properly defended, of what counts as a good reason to regard a given statement as a fundamental assumption of set theory, and by extension, of contemporary classical mathematics. This question inevitably raises underlying issues of set-theoretic metaphysics and epistemology. The interaction between methodological matters -- which axioms and on what grounds? -- and metaphysical/epistemological matters -- what are sets and how do we know about them? -- will be the specific focus.
Course Syllabus
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