Beyond Sets : a Venture in Collection-Theoretic Revisionism.

This book is the product of a collaboration stretching the years 2007-10, whose initial fruit was a paper on "Plenum Theory" published in Nous. The work grew out of the author's conviction that standard set theory, which had evolved to meet the needs of mathematics, was not fully adeq...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rescher, Nicholas
Other Authors: Grim, Patrick
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2011.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=603445
Table of Contents:
  • FOREWORD; Chapter One
  • COLLECTIVITIES; Chapter Two
  • MODES OF INDETERMINISTIC COLLECTIVITY; Chapter Three
  • INDEXED INDETERMINACY AND VAGRANT COLLECTIVITIES; Chapter Four
  • COLLECTIVITY THEORY: FIRST STEPS; Chapter Five
  • PLENA; Chapter Six
  • LOGICAL OPTIONS; Chapter Seven
  • NUMBER BEYOND NUMBER; Name Index.