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Tom Förster

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Philosophy of Language
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  •  1
    A Consistent Higher‐Order Theory Without a (Higher‐Order) Model
    Mathematical Logic Quarterly 35 (5): 385-386. 2006.
  •  2
    Permutation Models in the Sense of Rieger‐Bernays
    Mathematical Logic Quarterly 33 (3): 201-210. 2006.
  •  2
    Permutations and stratified formulae a preservation theorem
    Mathematical Logic Quarterly 36 (5): 385-388. 2006.
  •  4
    Quine’s New Foundations
    Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2006.
  •  12
    Yablo's paradox as a theorem of modal logic
    with R. Goré
    Logique Et Analyse 59 265-271. 2016.
    We (further) demystify Yablo's paradox by showing that it can be thought of as the fact that the formula □ (p → □ ¬p) is unsatisfiable in the modal logic KD4 characterised by frames that are strict partial orders without maximal elements. This modal treatment also unifies the two versions of Yablo's paradox, the original version and its dual. © 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
    Metaphysics and Epistemology
  •  36
    Synonymy Questions Concerning the Quine Systems
    with M. Randall Holmes
    Journal of Symbolic Logic 90 (4): 1779-1795. 2025.
    There are a variety of (“alternative”) axiomatic set theories available to mathematicians. It is worth asking how “alternative” they really are. Might they be no more than rephrasings of the theory (ZFC) that we already have? Here we give an account of the status of the Quine systems in this regard. Some are merely ZF in wolves’ clothing; some are genuine wolves.
    Logic and Philosophy of Logic
  •  50
    Internal Automorphisms and Antimorphisms of Models of Nf
    with Nathan Bowler
    Journal of Symbolic Logic 90 (4): 1796-1800. 2025.
    It is shown that every model of NF admits a permutation model containing an internal automorphism.
    Logic and Philosophy of Logic
  •  37
    Permutation Models in the Sense of Rieger‐Bernays
    Mathematical Logic Quarterly 33 (3): 201-210. 1987.
  •  53
    Permutation Models in the Sense of Rieger-Bernays
    Zeitschrift fur mathematische Logik und Grundlagen der Mathematik 33 (3): 201-210. 1987.
  • Set Theory with a Universal Set. Exploring an Untyped Universe
    Studia Logica 53 (4): 586-595. 1994.
    Logic and Philosophy of Logic, Miscellaneous
  •  143
    The status of the axiom of choice in set theory with a universal set
    Journal of Symbolic Logic 50 (3): 701-707. 1985.
    The Axiom of Choice
  •  177
    Term models for weak set theories with a universal set
    Journal of Symbolic Logic 52 (2): 374-387. 1987.
    Logic and Philosophy of LogicModel Theory
  •  135
    Ramsey’s theorem and König’s Lemma
    with J. K. Truss
    Archive for Mathematical Logic 46 (1): 37-42. 2007.
    We consider the relation between versions of Ramsey’s Theorem and König’s Infinity Lemma, in the absence of the axiom of choice
    Areas of Mathematics
  •  158
    Non-well-foundedness of well-orderable power sets
    with J. K. Truss
    Journal of Symbolic Logic 68 (3): 879-884. 2003.
    Tarski [5] showed that for any set X, its set w(X) of well-orderable subsets has cardinality strictly greater than that of X, even in the absence of the axiom of choice. We construct a Fraenkel-Mostowski model in which there is an infinite strictly descending sequence under the relation |w (X)| = |Y|. This contrasts with the corresponding situation for power sets, where use of Hartogs' ℵ-function easily establishes that there can be no infinite descending sequence under the relation |P(X)| = |Y|
    Logic and Philosophy of Logic, MiscellaneousAxioms of Set Theory
  •  199
    Further consistency and independence results in NF obtained by the permutation method
    Journal of Symbolic Logic 48 (2): 236-238. 1983.
    Independence Results in Set Theory
  •  48
    Reasoning About Theoretical Entities
    World Scientific. 2003.
    As such this book fills a void in the philosophical literature and presents a challenge to every would-be (anti-)reductionist.
    Philosophy of Mathematics, Misc
  •  54
    Quine's new foundations
    Journal of Symbolic Logic. 1985.
    W. V. O. Quine
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