Bøger af Sean Morris

Jesus Christ preexistedthe Incarnation(John 8:58). He existed in apreincarnateform before He was incarnated (Php. 2:6). However, in this preexisting form He had no beginning.Jesus Christ is"theBeginning"(Rev. 3:14,21:6,22:13). We can be sure that He preexisted the creation of the world in the genesis of time; for, in actuality, HeCreatedit (Genesis 1:1;John 1:1-5,Col. 1:16-17,Eph. 3:9). Jesus is one among the plurality of people, who said,"Letus make man in our Image"(Gen. 1:26), when the mighty and strong creator God, called,Elohim(Gen. 1:26), created mankind. Herein, from eternity past, long before Jesus becametheSon ofMan,He was alwaystheSon of Godin whomtheFatherdelights (Prov. 8:22-31); and, astheSon of God,Jesus istheAlphaandtheOmega(Rev. 1:8,11,21:6,22:13) -the Second Person of the Godheadwho has interposed Himself on behalf of mankind from thebeginning, even before the fall of Adam, theretofore untiltheincarnation, andmuch moreforevermore (1 Cor. 5:1-5,Ps. 110:1,Matt. 28:19-20,Rom. 5:10).

Quine's set theory, New Foundations, has often been treated as an anomaly in the history and philosophy of set theory. In this book, Sean Morris shows that it is in fact well-motivated, emerging in a natural way from the early development of set theory. Morris introduces and explores the notion of set theory as explication: the view that there is no single correct axiomatization of set theory, but rather that the various axiomatizations all serve to explicate the notion of set and are judged largely according to pragmatic criteria. Morris also brings out the important interplay between New Foundations, Quine's philosophy of set theory, and his philosophy more generally. We see that his early technical work in logic foreshadows his later famed naturalism, with his philosophy of set theory playing a crucial role in his primary philosophical project of clarifying our conceptual scheme and specifically its logical and mathematical components.

This book places Quine's set theory, New Foundations, within its general philosophical and historical context and shows its relation to his other work and its continuing relevance to philosophy. It will appeal to scholars and advanced students interested in Quine and in logic more generally.