On Some Philosophical Aspects of the Background to Georg Cantor’s theory of sets

Philosophia Scientiae:157-173 (2005)
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Georg Cantor sought secure foundations for his set theory. This article presents an account of Cantor’s differentiations concerning the notion of infinity and a tentative historical parsepctive on his notion of set.

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10.4000/philosophiascientiae.386

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