Zermelo's Cantorian Theory of Systems of Infinitely Long Propositions

In papers published between 1930 and 1935. Zermelo outlines a foundational program, with infinitary logic at its heart, that is intended to (1) secure axiomatic set theory as a foundation for arithmetic and analysis and (2) show that all mathematical propositions are decidable. Zermelo's theory...

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Veröffentlicht in:The bulletin of symbolic logic 2002-12, Vol.8 (4), p.478-515
1. Verfasser: Taylor, R. Gregory
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In papers published between 1930 and 1935. Zermelo outlines a foundational program, with infinitary logic at its heart, that is intended to (1) secure axiomatic set theory as a foundation for arithmetic and analysis and (2) show that all mathematical propositions are decidable. Zermelo's theory of systems of infinitely long propositions may be termed "Cantorian" in that a logical distinction between open and closed domains plays a signal role. Well-foundedness and strong inaccessibility are used to systematically integrate highly transfinite concepts of demonstrability and existence. Zermelo incompleteness is then the analogue of the Problem of Proper Classes, and the resolution of these two anomalies is similarly analogous.
ISSN:1079-8986
1943-5894
DOI:10.2178/bsl/1182353918