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In Measure Theory (2nd ed.) - Cohn, Donald L. it says the following:

Proposition 2.6.1. Let (X,A), (Y,B), and (Z,C) be measurable spaces, and let f : (Y,B) → (Z,C) and g: (X,A) → (Y,B) be measurable. Then f◦g: (X,A) → (Z,C) is measurable.

I'm wondering why this doesn't contradict the counterexample provided by Mirjam here: Is composition of measurable functions measurable?

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I'd look at the answer of Haskell Curry on that post. Lebesgue measurability is unusual in that there are different $\sigma$-algebras on the domain and the codomain. For Lebesgue measurability, we are dealing with $f,g: (\mathbb{R},\sigma_{Lebesgue}) \to (\mathbb{R},\sigma_{Borel})$. Now, it is important to note that the $\sigma$-algebra of Lebesgue sets is strictly bigger than that of Borel sets. So if we start with $S \subset \mathbb{R}$ which is Borel, the Lebesgue-measurability of $g$ only guarantees that $g^{-1}(S)$ is Lebesgue-measurable, not necessarily Borel measurable, so one cannot use the Lebesgue-measurability of $f$ to conclude something about $f^{-1}(g^{-1}(S))$.

Less technical: to compose functions properly, you need to make sure the codomain of the first function is the domain of the second function. Since the codomain of $f$ is the same set as the domain of $g$, the functions can be composed pointwise. However, since the $\sigma$-algebras on the codomain of $f$ and domain of $g$ are not aligned, they cannot generally be composed as measurable functions. This is never a problem if you fix a $\sigma$-algebra on this space, which is what your textbook does.