Axiom Schema of Specification

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf axiom schema
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Axiom_Schema_of_Separation
gptkbp:category gptkb:axiom_of_set_existence
gptkbp:component gptkb:ZFC_axioms
gptkbp:expressedIn ∀A ∀φ ∃B ∀x (x ∈ B ↔ x ∈ A ∧ φ(x))
gptkbp:field gptkb:set_theory
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Ernst_Zermelo
1908
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Axiom Schema of Specification
gptkbp:prevention formation of too large sets
gptkbp:purpose to avoid set-theoretic paradoxes such as Russell's paradox
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Russell's_paradox
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:unrestricted_comprehension_axiom
gptkbp:state for any set and any property, there is a subset containing exactly those elements of the set that satisfy the property
gptkbp:type axiom schema (infinitely many axioms, one for each property φ)
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Zermelo-Fraenkel_set_theory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Axiomatic_set_theory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7