Mary Tiles
Auteur de The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise
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- female
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- Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawaii
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- Tiles, J.E. (husband)
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- 4.5
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The exposition is clear but brisk, and though Tiles defines all her terms this book might be rough going to someone who has never encountered these ideas before. However, for a reader with a second-hand knowledge of how set theory, logic, and infinity are entangled, The Philosophy of Set Theory is an excellent way to tie all the loose ends together.
Errata:
Chapter 5, Section 3, page 108, paragraph 1
"...whereas the ordered union B+A..." should read "...B+A = ..."
Chapter 6, Section 2, page 122
The expression for the Sum Set Axiom looks incorrect to me. There is a for all x quantifier, but no x variable in the expression, which contains an unbound a variable which I think is supposed to be an x.… (plus d'informations)