Download or read book Lectures in Logic and Set Theory: Volume 2, Set Theory written by George Tourlakis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-02-13 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume II, on formal (ZFC) set theory, incorporates a self-contained "chapter 0" on proof techniques so that it is based on formal logic, in the style of Bourbaki. The emphasis on basic techniques provides a solid foundation in set theory and a thorough context for the presentation of advanced topics (such as absoluteness, relative consistency results, two expositions of Godel's construstive universe, numerous ways of viewing recursion and Cohen forcing).