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3158: 376:), large cardinal axioms "say" that we are considering all the sets we're "supposed" to be considering, whereas their negations are "restrictive" and say that we're considering only some of those sets. Moreover the consequences of large cardinal axioms seem to fall into natural patterns (see Maddy, "Believing the Axioms, II"). For these reasons, such set theorists tend to consider large cardinal axioms to have a preferred status among extensions of ZFC, one not shared by axioms of less clear motivation (such as 810: 53:
There is a rough convention that results provable from ZFC alone may be stated without hypotheses, but that if the proof requires other assumptions (such as the existence of large cardinals), these should be stated. Whether this is simply a linguistic convention, or something more, is a controversial
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The observation that large cardinal axioms are linearly ordered by consistency strength is just that, an observation, not a theorem. (Without an accepted definition of large cardinal property, it is not subject to proof in the ordinary sense.) Also, it is not known in every case which of the three
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would assert that standard set theory is by definition the study of the consequences of ZFC, and while they might not be opposed in principle to studying the consequences of other systems, they see no reason to single out large cardinals as preferred. There are also realists who deny that
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The order of consistency strength is not necessarily the same as the order of the size of the smallest witness to a large cardinal axiom. For example, the existence of a
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is a proper motivation, and even believe that large cardinal axioms are false. And finally, there are some who deny that the negations of large cardinal axioms
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There is no generally agreed precise definition of what a large cardinal property is, though essentially everyone agrees that those in the
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is an axiom stating that there exists a cardinal (or perhaps many of them) with some specified large cardinal property.
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model in L that believes there exists a measurable cardinal, even though L itself does not satisfy that proposition.
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Thus, from a certain point of view held by many set theorists (especially those inspired by the tradition of the
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can be seen in some natural way as submodels of those in which the axioms hold. For example, if there is an
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Set Theory: An Introduction to Large Cardinals (Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics; V. 76)
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Most working set theorists believe that the large cardinal axioms that are currently being considered are
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with ZFC. These axioms are strong enough to imply the consistency of ZFC. This has the consequence (via
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has asked, "s there some theorem explaining this, or is our vision just more uniform than we realize?"
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These are mutually exclusive, unless one of the theories in question is actually inconsistent.
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A remarkable observation about large cardinal axioms is that they appear to occur in strict
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is itself consistent (provided of course that it really is). This follows from
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The Higher Infinite : Large Cardinals in Set Theory from Their Beginnings
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is that the existence of such a cardinal is not known to be inconsistent with
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is much stronger, in terms of consistency strength, than the existence of a
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in this group would state, more simply, that large cardinal axioms are
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This point of view is by no means universal among set theorists. Some
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A necessary condition for a property of cardinal numbers to be a
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Woodin, W. Hugh (2001). "The continuum hypothesis, part II".
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in which there is no inaccessible cardinal. Or if there is a
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restrictive, pointing out that (for example) there can be a
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is consistent, even with the additional hypothesis that ZFC+
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Set theory, third millennium edition (revised and expanded)
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Boolean-Valued Models and Independence Proofs in Set Theory
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Large cardinals are understood in the context of the
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Maddy, Penelope (1988). "Believing the Axioms, II".
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Oxford University Press. viii. 422:List of large cardinal properties 298:, however, deduces this from the 167:is consistent if and only if ZFC+ 130:Hierarchy of consistency strength 85:list of large cardinal properties 27:is a certain kind of property of 3156: 808: 321:Motivations and epistemic status 160:Unless ZFC is inconsistent, ZFC+ 56:Motivations and epistemic status 345:in which large cardinal axioms 87:are large cardinal properties. 784: 463: 434: 367:Gödel's constructible universe 1: 3117:History of mathematical logic 486: 118:is a model of ZFC. If ZFC is 19:In the mathematical field of 3042:Primitive recursive function 718:10.1016/0003-4843(78)90031-1 705:Annals of Mathematical Logic 470:Joel, Hamkins (2022-12-24). 247:(vice versa for case 3). If 7: 415: 341:of a given set. Typically, 10: 3204: 2106:Schröder–Bernstein theorem 1833:Monadic predicate calculus 1492:Foundations of mathematics 1275:von Neumann–Bernays–Gödel 543:(2nd ed.). Springer. 3152: 3139:Philosophy of mathematics 3088:Automated theorem proving 3070: 2965: 2797: 2690: 2542: 2259: 2235: 2213:Von Neumann–Bernays–Gödel 2158: 2052: 1956: 1854: 1845: 1772: 1707: 1613: 1535: 1452: 1339: 1302: 1214: 1104: 1076:One-to-one correspondence 992: 933: 817: 806: 792: 632:Journal of Symbolic Logic 603:Journal of Symbolic Logic 233:. In case 2, we say that 103:and that such a cardinal 497:. Elsevier Science Ltd. 427: 329:V, which is built up by 2789:Self-verifying theories 2610:Tarski's axiomatization 1561:Tarski's undefinability 1556:incompleteness theorems 331:transfinitely iterating 215:In case 1, we say that 97:large cardinal property 25:large cardinal property 3163:Mathematics portal 2774:Proof of impossibility 2422:propositional variable 1732:Propositional calculus 1034:Constructible universe 854:Constructibility (V=L) 402:ontological maximalism 42:of set theory, namely 3032:Kolmogorov complexity 2985:Computably enumerable 2885:Model complete theory 2677:Principia Mathematica 1737:Propositional formula 1566:Banach–Tarski paradox 1257:Principia Mathematica 1091:Transfinite induction 950:(i.e. set difference) 493:Drake, F. R. (1974). 361:, then iterating the 351:inaccessible cardinal 315:supercompact cardinal 3183:Axioms of set theory 2980:Church–Turing thesis 2967:Computability theory 2176:continuum hypothesis 1694:Square of opposition 1552:Gödel's completeness 1331:Burali-Forti paradox 1086:Set-builder notation 1039:Continuum hypothesis 979:Symmetric difference 690:William N. Reinhardt 441:Bell, J. L. (1985). 327:von Neumann universe 140:consistency strength 65:large cardinal axiom 3134:Mathematical object 3025:P versus NP problem 2990:Computable function 2784:Reverse mathematics 2710:Logical consequence 2587:primitive recursive 2582:elementary function 2355:Free/bound variable 2208:Tarski–Grothendieck 1727:Logical connectives 1657:Logical equivalence 1507:Logical consequence 1292:Tarski–Grothendieck 359:measurable cardinal 2932:Transfer principle 2895:Semantics of logic 2880:Categorical theory 2856:Non-standard model 2370:Logical connective 1497:Information theory 1446:Mathematical logic 881:Limitation of size 686:Solovay, Robert M. 575:10.1007/BFb0103104 91:Partial definition 16:Set theory concept 3170: 3169: 3102:Abstract category 2905:Theories of truth 2715:Rule of inference 2705:Natural deduction 2686: 2685: 2231: 2230: 1936:Cartesian product 1841: 1840: 1747:Many-valued logic 1722:Boolean functions 1605:Russell's paradox 1580:diagonal argument 1477:First-order logic 1412: 1411: 1321:Russell's paradox 1270:Zermelo–Fraenkel 1171:Dedekind-infinite 1044:Diagonal argument 943:Cartesian product 800:Set (mathematics) 584:978-3-540-08926-1 567:Higher Set Theory 535:Kanamori, Akihiro 268:cannot prove ZFC+ 254:is stronger than 191:is consistent; or 3195: 3161: 3160: 3112:History of logic 3107:Category of sets 3000:Decision problem 2779:Ordinal analysis 2720:Sequent calculus 2618:Boolean algebras 2558: 2557: 2532: 2503:logical/constant 2257: 2256: 2243: 2166:Zermelo–Fraenkel 1917:Set operations: 1852: 1851: 1789: 1620: 1619: 1600:Löwenheim–Skolem 1487:Formal semantics 1439: 1432: 1425: 1416: 1415: 1394:Bertrand Russell 1384:John von Neumann 1369:Abraham Fraenkel 1364:Richard Dedekind 1326:Suslin's problem 1237:Cantor's theorem 954:De Morgan's laws 812: 779: 772: 765: 756: 755: 735: 722: 720: 702: 694:Akihiro Kanamori 681: 679: 663: 626: 594: 593: 591: 564: 554: 530: 508: 480: 479: 467: 461: 460: 448: 438: 384:). The hardcore 201:proves that ZFC+ 184:proves that ZFC+ 122:, then ZFC does 67: 66: 32:cardinal numbers 3203: 3202: 3198: 3197: 3196: 3194: 3193: 3192: 3188:Large cardinals 3173: 3172: 3171: 3166: 3155: 3148: 3093:Category theory 3083:Algebraic logic 3066: 3037:Lambda calculus 2975:Church encoding 2961: 2937:Truth predicate 2793: 2759:Complete theory 2682: 2551: 2547: 2543: 2538: 2530: 2250: and  2246: 2241: 2227: 2203:New Foundations 2171:axiom of choice 2154: 2116:Gödel numbering 2056: and  2048: 1952: 1837: 1787: 1768: 1717:Boolean algebra 1703: 1667:Equiconsistency 1632:Classical logic 1609: 1590:Halting problem 1578: and  1554: and  1542: and  1541: 1536:Theorems ( 1531: 1448: 1443: 1413: 1408: 1335: 1314: 1298: 1263:New Foundations 1210: 1100: 1019:Cardinal number 1002: 988: 929: 813: 804: 788: 783: 742: 700: 668:Shelah, Saharon 644:10.2307/2274569 615:10.2307/2274520 599:Maddy, Penelope 589: 587: 585: 562: 551: 527: 505: 489: 484: 483: 468: 464: 457: 439: 435: 430: 418: 382:V = L 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292:Saharon Shelah 279: 272: 265: 258: 251: 244: 237: 231:equiconsistent 226: 219: 210: 209: 208:is consistent. 205: 198: 192: 188: 181: 175: 174:is consistent; 171: 164: 153: 146: 131: 128: 112: 92: 89: 40:axiomatization 35: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3200: 3189: 3186: 3184: 3181: 3180: 3178: 3165: 3164: 3159: 3151: 3145: 3142: 3140: 3137: 3135: 3132: 3130: 3127: 3123: 3120: 3119: 3118: 3115: 3113: 3110: 3108: 3105: 3103: 3099: 3096: 3094: 3091: 3089: 3086: 3084: 3081: 3079: 3076: 3075: 3073: 3069: 3063: 3060: 3058: 3055: 3053: 3052:Recursive set 3050: 3048: 3045: 3043: 3040: 3038: 3035: 3033: 3030: 3026: 3023: 3021: 3018: 3016: 3013: 3011: 3008: 3006: 3003: 3002: 3001: 2998: 2996: 2993: 2991: 2988: 2986: 2983: 2981: 2978: 2976: 2973: 2972: 2970: 2968: 2964: 2958: 2955: 2953: 2950: 2948: 2945: 2943: 2940: 2938: 2935: 2933: 2930: 2928: 2925: 2921: 2918: 2916: 2913: 2911: 2908: 2907: 2906: 2903: 2901: 2898: 2896: 2893: 2891: 2888: 2886: 2883: 2881: 2878: 2874: 2871: 2870: 2869: 2866: 2862: 2861:of arithmetic 2859: 2858: 2857: 2854: 2850: 2847: 2845: 2842: 2840: 2837: 2835: 2832: 2830: 2827: 2826: 2825: 2822: 2818: 2815: 2813: 2810: 2809: 2808: 2805: 2804: 2802: 2800: 2796: 2790: 2787: 2785: 2782: 2780: 2777: 2775: 2772: 2769: 2768:from ZFC 2765: 2762: 2760: 2757: 2751: 2748: 2747: 2746: 2743: 2741: 2738: 2736: 2733: 2732: 2731: 2728: 2726: 2723: 2721: 2718: 2716: 2713: 2711: 2708: 2706: 2703: 2701: 2698: 2697: 2695: 2693: 2689: 2679: 2678: 2674: 2673: 2668: 2667:non-Euclidean 2665: 2661: 2658: 2656: 2653: 2651: 2650: 2646: 2645: 2643: 2640: 2639: 2637: 2633: 2629: 2626: 2624: 2621: 2620: 2619: 2615: 2611: 2608: 2607: 2606: 2602: 2598: 2595: 2593: 2590: 2588: 2585: 2583: 2580: 2578: 2575: 2573: 2570: 2569: 2567: 2563: 2562: 2560: 2555: 2549: 2544:Example  2541: 2533: 2528: 2527: 2526: 2523: 2521: 2518: 2514: 2511: 2509: 2506: 2504: 2501: 2499: 2496: 2495: 2494: 2491: 2489: 2486: 2484: 2481: 2479: 2476: 2472: 2469: 2467: 2464: 2463: 2462: 2459: 2455: 2452: 2450: 2447: 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2029: 2028: 2025: 2023: 2020: 2018: 2015: 2013: 2010: 2008: 2005: 2003: 2000: 1998: 1995: 1993: 1990: 1988: 1985: 1983: 1980: 1978: 1975: 1973: 1970: 1968: 1965: 1964: 1962: 1960: 1955: 1947: 1944: 1942: 1939: 1937: 1934: 1932: 1929: 1927: 1924: 1922: 1919: 1918: 1916: 1912: 1909: 1907: 1904: 1903: 1902: 1899: 1897: 1894: 1892: 1889: 1887: 1884: 1882: 1878: 1874: 1872: 1869: 1865: 1862: 1861: 1860: 1857: 1856: 1853: 1850: 1848: 1844: 1834: 1831: 1829: 1826: 1824: 1821: 1819: 1816: 1814: 1811: 1809: 1806: 1802: 1799: 1798: 1797: 1794: 1790: 1785: 1784: 1783: 1780: 1779: 1777: 1775: 1771: 1763: 1760: 1758: 1755: 1753: 1750: 1749: 1748: 1745: 1743: 1740: 1738: 1735: 1733: 1730: 1728: 1725: 1723: 1720: 1718: 1715: 1714: 1712: 1710: 1709:Propositional 1706: 1700: 1697: 1695: 1692: 1690: 1687: 1685: 1682: 1680: 1677: 1675: 1672: 1668: 1665: 1664: 1663: 1660: 1658: 1655: 1653: 1650: 1648: 1645: 1643: 1640: 1638: 1637:Logical truth 1635: 1633: 1630: 1629: 1627: 1625: 1621: 1618: 1616: 1612: 1606: 1603: 1601: 1598: 1596: 1593: 1591: 1588: 1586: 1583: 1581: 1577: 1573: 1569: 1567: 1564: 1562: 1559: 1557: 1553: 1550: 1549: 1547: 1545: 1539: 1534: 1528: 1525: 1523: 1520: 1518: 1515: 1513: 1510: 1508: 1505: 1503: 1500: 1498: 1495: 1493: 1490: 1488: 1485: 1483: 1480: 1478: 1475: 1473: 1470: 1466: 1463: 1462: 1461: 1458: 1457: 1455: 1451: 1447: 1440: 1435: 1433: 1428: 1426: 1421: 1420: 1417: 1405: 1404:Ernst Zermelo 1402: 1400: 1397: 1395: 1392: 1390: 1389:Willard Quine 1387: 1385: 1382: 1380: 1377: 1375: 1372: 1370: 1367: 1365: 1362: 1360: 1357: 1355: 1352: 1350: 1347: 1346: 1344: 1342: 1341:Set theorists 1338: 1332: 1329: 1327: 1324: 1322: 1319: 1318: 1316: 1310: 1308: 1305: 1304: 1301: 1293: 1290: 1288: 1287:Kripke–Platek 1285: 1281: 1278: 1277: 1276: 1273: 1272: 1271: 1268: 1264: 1261: 1260: 1259: 1258: 1254: 1250: 1247: 1246: 1245: 1242: 1241: 1238: 1235: 1233: 1230: 1228: 1225: 1223: 1220: 1219: 1217: 1213: 1207: 1204: 1202: 1199: 1197: 1194: 1192: 1190: 1185: 1183: 1180: 1178: 1175: 1172: 1168: 1165: 1163: 1160: 1156: 1153: 1151: 1148: 1146: 1143: 1142: 1141: 1138: 1135: 1131: 1128: 1126: 1123: 1121: 1118: 1116: 1113: 1112: 1110: 1107: 1103: 1097: 1094: 1092: 1089: 1087: 1084: 1082: 1079: 1077: 1074: 1072: 1069: 1067: 1064: 1060: 1057: 1055: 1052: 1051: 1050: 1047: 1045: 1042: 1040: 1037: 1035: 1032: 1030: 1027: 1024: 1020: 1017: 1015: 1012: 1010: 1007: 1006: 1004: 998: 995: 994: 991: 985: 982: 980: 977: 975: 972: 970: 967: 965: 962: 960: 957: 955: 952: 949: 946: 944: 941: 940: 938: 936: 932: 924: 923:specification 921: 919: 916: 915: 914: 911: 910: 907: 904: 902: 899: 897: 894: 892: 889: 887: 884: 882: 879: 877: 874: 872: 869: 865: 862: 861: 860: 857: 855: 852: 848: 845: 843: 840: 838: 835: 834: 833: 830: 828: 825: 824: 822: 820: 816: 811: 801: 798: 797: 795: 791: 787: 780: 775: 773: 768: 766: 761: 760: 757: 751: 747: 744: 743: 734:(7): 681–690. 733: 729: 724: 719: 714: 711:(1): 73–116. 710: 706: 699: 695: 691: 687: 683: 678: 673: 669: 665: 661: 657: 653: 649: 645: 641: 637: 633: 628: 624: 620: 616: 612: 608: 604: 600: 596: 590:September 25, 586: 580: 576: 572: 568: 561: 556: 552: 550:3-540-00384-3 546: 542: 541: 536: 532: 528: 526:3-540-44085-2 522: 518: 514: 510: 506: 504:0-444-10535-2 500: 496: 491: 490: 477: 473: 466: 458: 456:0-19-853241-5 452: 447: 446: 437: 433: 423: 420: 419: 413: 411: 407: 403: 398: 393: 391: 387: 383: 379: 375: 370: 368: 364: 360: 356: 352: 348: 344: 340: 336: 332: 328: 318: 316: 312: 311:huge cardinal 307: 305: 301: 297: 293: 290:cases holds. 287: 285: 278: 271: 264: 257: 250: 243: 236: 232: 225: 218: 213: 204: 197: 193: 187: 180: 176: 170: 163: 159: 158: 157: 152: 145: 141: 137: 127: 125: 121: 117: 115: 111: 106: 102: 98: 88: 86: 81: 79: 75: 70: 68: 59: 57: 51: 49: 45: 41: 33: 30: 26: 22: 3154: 2952:Ultraproduct 2799:Model theory 2764:Independence 2700:Formal proof 2692:Proof theory 2675: 2648: 2605:real numbers 2577:second-order 2488:Substitution 2365:Metalanguage 2306:conservative 2279:Axiom schema 2223:Constructive 2193:Morse–Kelley 2159:Set theories 2138:Aleph number 2131:inaccessible 2125: 2037:Grothendieck 1921:intersection 1808:Higher-order 1796:Second-order 1742:Truth tables 1699:Venn diagram 1482:Formal proof 1354:Georg Cantor 1349:Paul Bernays 1280:Morse–Kelley 1255: 1188: 1187:Subset  1134:hereditarily 1096:Venn diagram 1054:ordered pair 1022: 969:Intersection 913:Axiom schema 731: 727: 708: 704: 677:math/0211397 635: 631: 606: 602: 588:, retrieved 566: 539: 519:. Springer. 516: 513:Jech, Thomas 494: 476:MathOverflow 465: 444: 436: 405: 394: 389: 371: 362: 346: 324: 308: 300:Ω-conjecture 288: 276: 269: 262: 255: 248: 241: 234: 223: 216: 214: 211: 202: 195: 185: 178: 168: 161: 150: 143: 136:linear order 133: 123: 113: 109: 104: 96: 94: 82: 71: 62: 60: 52: 24: 18: 3062:Type theory 3010:undecidable 2942:Truth value 2829:equivalence 2508:non-logical 2121:Enumeration 2111:Isomorphism 2058:cardinality 2042:Von Neumann 2007:Ultrafilter 1972:Uncountable 1906:equivalence 1823:Quantifiers 1813:Fixed-point 1782:First-order 1662:Consistency 1647:Proposition 1624:Traditional 1595:Lindström's 1585:Compactness 1527:Type theory 1472:Cardinality 1379:Thomas Jech 1222:Alternative 1201:Uncountable 1155:Ultrafilter 1014:Cardinality 918:replacement 859:Determinacy 261:, then ZFC+ 29:transfinite 3177:Categories 2873:elementary 2566:arithmetic 2434:Quantifier 2412:functional 2284:Expression 2002:Transitive 1946:identities 1931:complement 1864:hereditary 1847:Set theory 1374:Kurt Gödel 1359:Paul Cohen 1196:Transitive 964:Identities 948:Complement 935:Operations 896:Regularity 864:projective 827:Adjunction 786:Set theory 487:References 397:formalists 120:consistent 74:consistent 48:Dana Scott 21:set theory 3144:Supertask 3047:Recursion 3005:decidable 2839:saturated 2817:of models 2740:deductive 2735:axiomatic 2655:Hilbert's 2642:Euclidean 2623:canonical 2546:axiomatic 2478:Signature 2407:Predicate 2296:Extension 2218:Ackermann 2143:Operation 2022:Universal 2012:Recursive 1987:Singleton 1982:Inhabited 1967:Countable 1957:Types of 1941:power set 1911:partition 1828:Predicate 1774:Predicate 1689:Syllogism 1679:Soundness 1652:Inference 1642:Tautology 1544:paradoxes 1307:Paradoxes 1227:Axiomatic 1206:Universal 1182:Singleton 1177:Recursive 1120:Countable 1115:Amorphous 974:Power set 891:Power set 842:dependent 837:countable 363:definable 3129:Logicism 3122:timeline 3098:Concrete 2957:Validity 2927:T-schema 2920:Kripke's 2915:Tarski's 2910:semantic 2900:Strength 2849:submodel 2844:spectrum 2812:function 2660:Tarski's 2649:Elements 2636:geometry 2592:Robinson 2513:variable 2498:function 2471:spectrum 2461:Sentence 2417:variable 2360:Language 2313:Relation 2274:Automata 2264:Alphabet 2248:language 2102:-jection 2080:codomain 2066:Function 2027:Universe 1997:Infinite 1901:Relation 1684:Validity 1674:Argument 1572:theorem, 1311:Problems 1215:Theories 1191:Superset 1167:Infinite 996:Concepts 876:Infinity 793:Overview 696:(1978). 660:16544090 537:(2003). 515:(2002). 416:See also 386:realists 355:universe 335:powerset 58:below). 3071:Related 2868:Diagram 2766: ( 2745:Hilbert 2730:Systems 2725:Theorem 2603:of the 2548:systems 2328:Formula 2323:Grammar 2239: ( 2183:General 1896:Forcing 1881:Element 1801:Monadic 1576:paradox 1517:Theorem 1453:General 1249:General 1244:Zermelo 1150:subbase 1132: ( 1071:Forcing 1049:Element 1021: ( 999:Methods 886:Pairing 748:at the 652:2274569 623:2274520 339:subsets 304:Ω-logic 2834:finite 2597:Skolem 2550:  2525:Theory 2493:Symbol 2483:String 2466:atomic 2343:ground 2338:closed 2333:atomic 2289:ground 2252:syntax 2148:binary 2075:domain 1992:Finite 1757:finite 1615:Logics 1574:  1522:Theory 1140:Filter 1130:Finite 1066:Family 1009:Almost 847:global 832:Choice 819:Axioms 658:  650:  621:  581:  547:  523:  501:  453:  343:models 296:Woodin 2824:Model 2572:Peano 2429:Proof 2269:Arity 2198:Naive 2085:image 2017:Fuzzy 1977:Empty 1926:union 1871:Class 1512:Model 1502:Lemma 1460:Axiom 1232:Naive 1162:Fuzzy 1125:Empty 1108:types 1059:tuple 1029:Class 1023:large 984:Union 901:Union 701:(PDF) 672:arXiv 656:S2CID 648:JSTOR 619:JSTOR 563:(PDF) 428:Notes 374:Cabal 2947:Type 2750:list 2554:list 2531:list 2520:Term 2454:rank 2348:open 2242:list 2054:Maps 1959:sets 1818:Free 1788:list 1538:list 1465:list 1145:base 592:2022 579:ISBN 545:ISBN 521:ISBN 499:ISBN 451:ISBN 390:true 347:fail 333:the 229:are 222:and 194:ZFC+ 177:ZFC+ 149:and 23:, a 2634:of 2616:of 2564:of 2096:Sur 2070:Map 1877:Ur- 1859:Set 1106:Set 713:doi 640:doi 611:doi 571:doi 406:are 138:by 124:not 44:ZFC 3179:: 3020:NP 2644:: 2638:: 2568:: 2245:), 2100:Bi 2092:In 732:48 730:. 709:13 707:. 703:. 692:; 688:; 654:. 646:. 636:53 634:. 617:. 607:53 605:. 577:, 565:, 474:. 392:. 286:. 101:ZF 61:A 3100:/ 3015:P 2770:) 2556:) 2552:( 2449:∀ 2444:! 2439:∃ 2400:= 2395:↔ 2390:→ 2385:∧ 2380:√ 2375:ÂŹ 2098:/ 2094:/ 2068:/ 1879:) 1875:( 1762:∞ 1752:3 1540:) 1438:e 1431:t 1424:v 1189:· 1173:) 1169:( 1136:) 1025:) 778:e 771:t 764:v 721:. 715:: 680:. 674:: 662:. 642:: 625:. 613:: 573:: 553:. 529:. 507:. 478:. 459:. 280:1 277:A 273:2 270:A 266:1 263:A 259:1 256:A 252:2 249:A 245:2 242:A 238:1 235:A 227:2 224:A 220:1 217:A 206:1 203:A 199:2 196:A 189:2 186:A 182:1 179:A 172:2 169:A 165:1 162:A 154:2 151:A 147:1 144:A 114:Κ 110:L 105:Κ 36:α

Index

set theory
transfinite
cardinal numbers
axiomatization
ZFC
Dana Scott
Motivations and epistemic status
consistent
Gödel's second incompleteness theorem
list of large cardinal properties
ZF
LΚ
consistent
linear order
consistency strength
equiconsistent
Gödel's second incompleteness theorem
Saharon Shelah
Woodin
Ω-conjecture
Ω-logic
huge cardinal
supercompact cardinal
von Neumann universe
transfinitely iterating
powerset
subsets
models
inaccessible cardinal
universe

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