Russell's paradox

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Russell's paradox

(Philosophy / Logic) Logic the paradox discovered by British philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) in the work of Gottlob Frege, that the class of all classes that are not members of themselves is a member of itself only if it is not, and is not only if it is. This undermines the notion of an all-inclusive universal class

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type			Introduction Russell's paradox is still topical: it will not go away (Moorcroft 1993). Wittgenstein's Tractatus 3.333 and Russell's paradox by Sutrop, Urmas / Trames The contradictions in Russell's paradox of the barber who only shaves those people who do not shave themselves can be settled by stipulating more about the barber. A most hazardous paradox by Rosenstein, Milton / ETC.: A Review of General Semantics The famous conundrum known as Russell's paradox, for example, Monk likens to ``defining the village barber as `the man who shaves all those who do not shave themselves' and then asking if he shaves himself or not. LOOKING AT LOGIC AND LOVE IN BERTRAND RUSSELL'S LIFE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			Rushdie rushed Rusher rushes Rushiness rushing Rushingly rushlight Rushlike Rushmore rushy Rusine rusine antler Rusk Ruska Ruska Ernst August Friedrich Ruskin Rusma Russ Russ. Russborough House Russel Crouse Russell Russell Henry Norris Russell's body Russell's paradox Russell's viper Russellites russet russet Burbank russet scab Russeting Russety Russia Russia iron Russia leather Russia matting Russian Russian agency Russian almond Russian bank Russian bath Russian cactus Russian capital Russian cattle plague Russian Church Russian dandelion Russian doll Russian dressing Russian Empire Russian Federation			Russell Reynolds Associates Russell Sage Russell Sage Russell Sage College Russell Sage Foundation Russell Schweickart Russell Senate Office Building Russell set Russell set Russell Simmons Music Group Russell Small Cap Completeness Index Russell Square Quality Associates Ltd. Russell Stainless Steel Brake Line Kit Russell Stover Samplers Russell Student Health Center Russell T Davies Russell traction Russell Trust Association Russell Viper Russell Viper Russell Viper Venom Clotting Time Russell Watson Russell's antinome Russell's antinome Russell's antinomy Russell's antinomy Russell's Attic Russell's bodies Russell's body Russell's paradox Russell's periodontal index Russell's sign Russell's syndrome Russell's theory of descriptions Russell's traction Russell's viper Russell's viper Russell's viper Russell's viper venom Russell's viper venom Russell's viper venom Russell's viper venom Russell's Viper Venom Factor X Activator Russell's Viper Venom Time Russell's viper venom viper venom time (RVVT) Russell's vipers Russell's vipers Russell, Bertrand Russell, Bertrand Russell, Bertrand (Arthur William), 3rd Earl Russell Russell, Bertrand (Arthur William), 3rd Earl Russell Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3d Earl Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell Russell, Bertrand, 3rd Earl Russell Russell, Bill Russell, Bill Russell, Charles Russell, Charles Edward Russell, Charles Marion

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