Axiom schema of specification

GPTKB entity

Statements (17)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf axiom schema
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:axiom_schema_of_separation
gptkb:axiom_schema_of_restricted_comprehension
gptkbp:category gptkb:axiom_of_Zermelo–Fraenkel_set_theory
gptkbp:contrastsWith axiom schema of unrestricted comprehension
gptkbp:field gptkb:set_theory
gptkbp:formalStatement For any set A and property φ(x), there exists a set B such that x ∈ B if and only if x ∈ A and φ(x) holds.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Axiom schema of specification
gptkbp:implies all subsets of a set are sets
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Ernst_Zermelo
gptkbp:introducedIn 1908
gptkbp:prevention formation of sets by arbitrary properties
gptkbp:purpose to avoid Russell's paradox
gptkbp:state for any set and any property, there is a subset containing exactly those elements of the set that satisfy the property
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Zermelo–Fraenkel_set_theory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Axiom_of_Replacement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5