Chapter ID: CBB368065302

Despite Kempe, the Modest Place of Multisets and Multiclasses in Foundational Theories (2015)

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Mankind has always dealt with collections of things, and in connection especially with logics, mathematics and philosophy the theories of collections have required explicit attention. Two theories have prevailed. From antiquity part-whole theories emerged in which, say, the collection of Kenyan women is a part (maybe empty, maybe the whole) of the collections of Kenyans and of women. I reserve “classes” to name this type of collection, to which the name “mereology” is often attached.

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Authors & Contributors
Tarantino, Piero
Calosi, Claudio
Peden, Knox
Graziani, Pierluigi
Vittori, Thomas De
Valente, K. G.
Concepts
Mathematics
Logic
Philosophy
Philosophy of science
Philosophy of mathematics
Geometry
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
18th century
20th century, late
17th century
Places
Great Britain
Greece
Germany
France
China
Berlin (Germany)
Institutions
Cambridge University
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