# Ralf Schindler - Talk 1 on Logic Summer School of Fudan University, 2020

Content:

• Stationary sets;
• Forcing revisited;
• Forcing Axioms: $\mathbf{MA}$;
• Proper forcing; semi-proper forcing; stationary set preserved forcing;
• $\mathbf{PFA}$, $\mathbf{SPFA}$, $\mathbf{MM}$.

# Ralf Schindler - Talk 2 on Logic Summer School of Fudan University, 2020

Content:

• Restate $\mathbf{PFA}$, $\mathbf{SPFA}$, $\mathbf{MM}$ as well as $\mathbf{PFA}^{++}$, $\mathbf{SPFA}^{++}$, $\mathbf{MM}^{++}$;
• A few words on iterated forcing
• Supercompact Cardinals, Laver functions;
• Forcing $\mathbf{SPFA}^{(++)}$
• Weak reflection principle;
• $\mathbf{MM}\Rightarrow2^{\aleph_1} = \aleph_2$.

# Course Notes of Axiomatic Set Theory

This is a collective course note taken in Prof. Simon Thomas’ course Axiomatic Set Theory of Rutgers University, which is held on Spring semester, 2019. The main topic of this course is forcing, forcing axioms such as $\mathbf{MA}$, Open Coloring Axiom, Axiom A of Baumgartner and the Proper Forcing Axiom of Shelah. Also, this course discussed the relation among themselves and basic independent statements like $\mathbf{CH}$. The main reference would be Kunen’s book and Jech’s book. If there is any mistakes or comments, please feel free to contact me.

# 《先天性》：阅读笔记

《先天性》，节选自阿尔弗雷德·朱尔斯·艾耶尔《语言，真理和逻辑》

1. 经验论的数学哲学：不存在关于现实的先天知识。数学无关乎现实世界，数学命题是分析命题。在现实世界的（“出乎意料的”）有效性是纯粹偶然的。对于更一般的科学来说，所有科学命题都是“大概的假设”。
2. 数学是有意义的，但数学命题的意义并非在于其在物理世界的映照，而是在于论证分析命题在我们的世界（一个低智商人群组成的世界）是合理的。“一个具有无限智力的人对逻辑和数学毫无兴趣。”
3. 批驳康德主义唯理论：“5+7=12”不是综合命题，是分析命题，错误的根源在于康德使用了非逻辑的论据；几何学是分析的且无关乎人类空间直觉的，因为几何学也不描述物理世界：康德受到了时代的限制。（康德的这个错误常常使得现代数学家忍俊不禁。）