You are welcome - it's an interesting piece of mathematical history.
The set theory mentality comes from high school education. MacLane writes that it was introduced in the 1950s, partially inspired and aided by Burbaki materials, to promote mathematical rigor.
Bourbaki, right. I remember trying to read their "Set Theory" book. A page dedicated to proving that x = x, etc. Probably written for the people who already know stuff, not for students. Well, there's another such book, Bahrendregt. When I read it, I know that 99.99% of readers are totally clueless, because hardly anybody is familiar with e.g. Grothendieck toposes, half-implicitly used there.
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Date: 2019-12-30 07:04 pm (UTC)The set theory mentality comes from high school education. MacLane writes that it was introduced in the 1950s, partially inspired and aided by Burbaki materials, to promote mathematical rigor.
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Date: 2019-12-30 07:31 pm (UTC)