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April 02, 2002
Russell's paradox
Bertrand Russell discovered the Russell's paradox while working on his Principles of Mathematics. The essence of the paradox is:
Consider a set that contains all sets. Does it contain itself? If it doesnt contain itself then it cant be a set that contains all sets. Now consider the set of sets that dont contain themselves. If that set doesnt contain itself then it can't be a set of all sets that contain themselves. But by containing itself it now precludes it from the original condition
More information at Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Posted at April 2, 2002 09:14 PMComments
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