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Bernays and Set Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2014

Akihiro Kanamori
Akihiro Kanamori*
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Department of Mathematics, Boston University, 111 Cummington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USAE-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We discuss the work of Paul Bernays in set theory, mainly his axiomatization and his use of classes but also his higher-order reflection principles.

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Bulletin of Symbolic Logic , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , March 2009 , pp. 43 - 69
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Copyright © Association for Symbolic Logic 2009

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