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The independence results of set theory: An informal exposition

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    Michael E. Levin & Margarita R. Levin

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The authors wish to thank Nicholas Rescher and Melvin Fitting for encouragement in writing this paper, and Paul Teller for helpful comments on various sections. We owe a special debt to Wilson Zaring, who offered detailed comments on the whole of an earlier draft of this paper. This paper was written under the auspices of CUNY-RF grant.

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Levin, M.E., Levin, M.R. The independence results of set theory: An informal exposition. Synthese 38, 1–34 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00484751

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