Algebraic models of intuitionistic theories of sets and classes. Theory and Applications of Categories 15(1

Abstract. This paper constructs models of intuitionistic set theory in suitable cat-egories. First, a Basic Intuitionistic Set Theory (BIST) is stated, and the categorical semantics are given. Second, we give a notion of an ideal over a category, using which one can build a model of BIST in which a given topos occurs as the sets. And third, a sheaf model is given of a Basic Intuitionistic Class Theory conservatively extending BIST. The paper extends the results in [2] by introducing a new and perhaps more natural notion of ideal, and in the class theory of part three. 1