Article ID: CBB000013259

Burali-Forti's paradox: A reappraisal of its origins (1981)

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Description Argues that Burali-Forti's paradox was not created by either Burali-Forti or by Cantor, but that it arose gradually and began to take recognizable form only in Russell's Principles of mathematics of 1903.


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Authors & Contributors
Ferreirós, José
Tapp, Christian
Medvedev, F. A.
Grattan-Guinness, Ivor
Dauben, Joseph Warren
Cantor, Georg
Concepts
Set theory
Mathematics
Infinity
Philosophy of mathematics
Logic
Science and religion
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
Medieval
20th century
Places
Germany
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