An ideal $\mathcal{I}$ on the positive integers $\mathbf{N}$ is a P-ideal if for every sequence $(A_n)$ of sets in $\mathcal{I}$ there exists $A \in \mathcal{I}$ such that $A_n\setminus A$ is finite for all $n$. Moreover, an ideal $\mathcal{I}$ is said to be analytic if (equipping $\mathcal{P}(...
I think that Groszek and Slaman's result (see https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bsl/1182353564) gives a satisfying answer to your question. Groszek and Slaman's result says that given any inner model $M$ of $ZFC$, $\mathbb{R}\subset M$ if and only if there is a perfect set $A\subset M$. A im...
You wrote: Suppose our intuition for the phrase "subset of $X$" comes from the idea of having an effective total function $X \rightarrow \{0,1\}$ that returns an answer in a finite amount of time. In this case, the subsets of $X$ ought to form a Boolean algebra. Unfortunately, this is not a...
While reading a paper (pdf) about the history of modern logic, I learned that some opinions (about deductive/axiomatic mathematics) typically attributed to David Hilbert can be traced back to Moritz Pasch. After googling for Moritz Pasch, I was surprised to learn that he had found important impli...
EDITED in response to comments: I think the issue you're facing is that there is actually no universal agreement on what the "mathematical universe" looks like, or whether it even exists, or in what sense. This is one of the things a "foundational theory" like ZFC is for: it frees us from the c...
This is just the choice of underlying logic. ZFC is a theory in first-order logic, and the strictures of that logical system rule out certain kinds of expressions. There are other logics, and their study comprises abstract model theory. Very roughly, there are two competing hopes for a logical s...
For the history of first-order logic I strongly recommend "The Road to Modern Logic-An Interpretation", José Ferreirós, Bull. Symbolic Logic v.7 n.4, 2001, 441-484. The abstract at least is freely available. Apart from first order logic and higher order logic there are several less well known l...
Let me answer one particular interpretation of your question: To what extent is there an agreed-upon logical framework for mathematics - and to the extent to which there is one, what distinguishes it? (I write "what distinguishes it" deliberately: it is quite possible for something to be ad...
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