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Comment by MathMonkeyMan

I learned functions in terms of sets. Domain and codomain are sets. Function is a set of ordered pairs between them.

How could we go the other way? A set can be "defined" by the predicate that tests membership, but then how do we model the predicates? Some formalism like the lambda calculus?

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