Systems of combinatory logic related to Quine's 'New Foundations'

M. Randall Holmes

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Abstract

Systems TRC and TRCU of illative combinatory logic are introduced and shown to be equivalent in consistency strength and expressive power to Quine's set theory 'New Foundations' (NF) and the fragment NFU + Infinity of NF described by Jensen, respectively. Jensen demonstrated the consistency of NFU + Infinity relative to ZFC; the question of the consistency of NF remains open. TRC and TRCU are presented here as classical first-order theories, although they can be presented as equational theories; they are not constructive.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)103-133
Number of pages31
JournalAnnals of Pure and Applied Logic
Volume53
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Jul 1991

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