Barton, Neil and Friedman, Sy-David (2019) Set Theory and Structures. [Preprint]
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Set-theoretic and category-theoretic foundations represent different perspectives on mathematical subject matter. In particular, category-theoretic language focusses on properties that can be determined up to isomorphism within a category, whereas set theory admits of properties determined by the internal structure of the membership relation. Various objections have been raised against this aspect of set theory in the category-theoretic literature. In this article, we advocate a methodological pluralism concerning the two foundational languages, and provide a theory that fruitfully interrelates a `structural' perspective to a set-theoretic one. We present a set-theoretic system that is able to talk about structures more naturally, and argue that it provides an important perspective on plausibly structural properties such as cardinality. We conclude the language of set theory can provide useful information about the notion of mathematical structure.
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| Keywords: | set theory, category theory, urelement, structuralism | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Foundations Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Logic Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Methodology Specific Sciences > Mathematics |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Neil Barton | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 15 Apr 2019 18:11 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 15 Apr 2019 18:11 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 15908 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Foundations Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Logic Specific Sciences > Mathematics > Methodology Specific Sciences > Mathematics |
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| Date: | 2019 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15908 |
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