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Forcing, cuts, and Dedekind-finite cardinalities

Tl;dr version: there are two natural classes of cuts in the nonstandard model of arithmetic consisting of the Dedekind-finite sets (if, in fact, they constitute such a model); both these classes are ...
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Forcing the consistency of $ZF$ from a fragment of $ZF$

Implicit in the technique of forcing is the following relative consistency result: If $\mathfrak M$$\vDash$$T$, and therefore $T$ is consistent (where $\mathfrak M$ is the ground model) then if $\...
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Is $PRA$ + $TI({\epsilon_0})$ mutually interpretable with some theory in the language of set theory?

As is well known, the following theory is equiconsistent with $PA$: $ZFC$ with the axiom of infinity replaced by its negation. Since this theory is equiconsistent with $PA$, it would seem ...