Philosophical concepts that influenced the set theories discovered by Bertrand Russell

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https://doi.org/10.24310/NATyLIB.2021.vi15.12491

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Russell, Cantor, Kant, Hegel, Leibniz, Saint Anselm, A priori judgements, Synthetic judgements, Logicism, Potential infinity, Actual infinity

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In this paper I examine some of Bertrand Russell's philosophical presuppositions underlying his discovery of paradoxes in Cantor's set theory: Kant's a priori and synthetic judgments, Leibniz's logicism, the Hegelian worldview, St. Anselm's ontological argument.

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2021-06-30

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Philosophical concepts that influenced the set theories discovered by Bertrand Russell. (2021). Nature & Freedom. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 15. https://doi.org/10.24310/NATyLIB.2021.vi15.12491