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Can we disallow finite choice?

You might want topos theory. A topos is something like the category of sets, but the internal logic of a general topos is much weaker than ZF; it need not even be Boolean. An example of a topos is t …
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Model category structure on Set without axiom of choice

There is a model category structure on Set in which the cofibrations are the monomorphisms, the fibrations are maps which are either epimorphisms or have empty domain, and the weak equivalences are th …
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How should we define "locally small"?

Let U be a Grothendieck universe, and U+ its successor universe (assume Grothendieck's universe axiom). Everybody agrees that a U-small category is a category whose sets of objects and morphisms are …
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Find a "natural" group that contains the quotient of the infinite symmetric group by the alt...

If one considers the distinguishing feature of the sign homomorphism $S_n \to \mathbb{Z}/2$ to be that it is the canonical map from $S_n$ to its abelianization, then there is nothing analogous for $S_ …
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Set theory for category theory beginners

Personally I found the language of sets and classes confusing, just as you describe. I've never been sure precisely what operations on classes are allowed. For instance some textbooks mention the ca …
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Locally presentable categories, universes, and Vopenka's principle

In the Grothendieck universe approach to category theory, as you say, we replace all small sets with $\mathcal{U}$-small sets. Let's look at the definition of a locally presentable $\mathcal{U}$-categ …
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Model category structure on Set without axiom of choice

I came across the nlab page for the axiom COSHEP (category of sets has enough projectives) which seems to be just what's needed to obtain a model category structure, as usually understood, on Set with …
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