On Some Philosophical Aspects of the Background to Georg Cantor’s theory of sets

Georg Cantor sought secure foundations for his set theory. This article presents an account of Cantor’s differentiations concerning the notion of infinity and a tentative historical parsepctive on his notion of set.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christian Tapp
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Éditions Kimé 2005-08-01
Series:Philosophia Scientiæ
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/philosophiascientiae/386
Description
Summary:Georg Cantor sought secure foundations for his set theory. This article presents an account of Cantor’s differentiations concerning the notion of infinity and a tentative historical parsepctive on his notion of set.
ISSN:1281-2463
1775-4283