Analysis demonstrates Plenitude$^+$ unifies Collection and Reflection Principles, influencing cardinality definitions.
The Axiom of Plenitude asserts that every ordinal is equinumerous with a set of urelements, while its stronger form, Plenitude⁺, extends it to all sets. We investigate these two axioms within ZF set theory with urelements. Assuming that cardinality is definable, Plenitude⁺ unifies the Collection Principle and the Reflection Principle, which are otherwise conjectured to be non-equivalent. If either cardinality is representable or the principle of Small Violations of Choice (SVC) holds, Plenitude⁺ implies the Reflection Principle. In contrast, Plenitude is considerably weaker: there are models of SVC + Plenitude where Collection fails, and models of SVC + Plenitude + Reflection where Plenitude⁺ fails.
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Bokai Yao (2025) studied this question.
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