Presents a detailed and critical examination of the available conceptions of set and proposes a novel version.

Sets are central to mathematics and its foundations, but what are they? In this book Luca Incurvati provides a detailed examination of all the major conceptions

This 2001 book will appeal to mathematicians and philosophers interested in the foundations of mathematics.

Mathematics depends on proofs, and proofs must begin somewhere, from some fundamental assumptions. The axioms of set theory have long played this role, so the q