nLab higher-level foundations

Higher-level foundations

Context

Foundations

foundations

The basis of it all

 Set theory

set theory

Foundational axioms

foundational axioms

Removing axioms

Mathematics

Higher-level foundations

Definition

By higher-level foundations, or simply higher foundations, we mean any foundation of mathematics in which there are, or at least can be, basic objects of h-level higher than h-sets. Thus, these objects behave like groupoids or infinity-groupoids (or even categories or infinity-categories). This is in contrast to set-level foundations such as set theory and set-level type theory in which all objects behave like sets.

Some higher-level foundations include:

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