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nathias 3 hours ago

the empirical modern mathematics are build on set theory, type and category theory are just other possible foundations

A_D_E_P_T 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Most modern mathematicians are not set theorists. There are certain specialists in metamathematics and the foundations of mathematics who hold that set theory is the proper foundation -- thus that most mathematical structures are rooted in set theory, and can be expressed as extensions of set theory -- but this is by no means a unanimous view! It's quite new, and quite heavily contested.