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Curry's paradox

Curry's paradox proper noun: a paradox that occurs in naive set theory or naive logics, and allows the derivation of an arbitrary sentence from a self-referring sentence and some apparently innocuous logical deduction rules.

Proper noun

Curry's paradox

  1. A paradox that occurs in naive set theory or naive logics, and allows the derivation of an arbitrary sentence from a self-referring sentence and some apparently innocuous logical deduction rules.
    Synonyms:
    Löb's paradox

Synonyms of Curry's paradox

Origin of Curry's paradox

Named after the logician Haskell Curry.

Questions about Curry's paradox

What does Curry's paradox mean?
Curry's paradox means a paradox that occurs in naive set theory or naive logics, and allows the derivation of an arbitrary sentence from a self-referring sentence and some apparently innocuous logical deduction rules.
What part of speech is Curry's paradox?
Curry's paradox is a proper noun.

Words near Curry's paradox in the dictionary

  1. curry roux
  2. curry stuff
  3. curry stuffs
  4. curry tree
  5. curry trees
  6. Curry's paradox
  7. curry-comb
  8. curry-combed
  9. curry-combing
  10. curry-combs
  11. Curry-Howard correspondence

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