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Burali-Forti's paradox

Burali-Forti's paradox is the alternative form of Burali-Forti paradox.

Meaning of Burali-Forti paradox

Proper noun

the Burali-Forti paradox

  1. The paradox that supposing the existence of a set of all ordinal numbers leads to a contradiction; construed as meaning that it is not a properly defined set.
    • Like them, Mirimanoff concentrates on the Burali-Forti paradox, and like Russell's analysis before, Mirimanoff shows how. in terms of size, the Burali-Forti paradox is basic and that if we solve this the other paradoxes will be solved too.1984, Michael Hallett, Cantorian Set Theory and Limitation of Size, Oxford University Press (Clarendon Press), 1986, Paperback, page 186

Questions about Burali-Forti's paradox

What is Burali-Forti's paradox the alternative form of?
Burali-Forti's paradox is the alternative form of Burali-Forti paradox.

Words near Burali-Forti's paradox in the dictionary

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