Zermelo and Russell's Paradox: Is There a Universal set?

被引:4
|
作者
Landini, Gregory [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Iowa, Dept Philosophy, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
关键词
D O I
10.1093/philmat/nks027
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
Zermelo once wrote that he had anticipated Russell's contradiction of the set of all sets that are not members of themselves. Is this sufficient for having anticipated Russell's Paradox - the paradox that revealed the untenability of the logical notion of a set as an extension? This paper argues that it is not sufficient and offers criteria that are necessary and sufficient for having discovered Russell's Paradox. It is shown that there is ample evidence that Russell satisfied the criteria and that Zermelo did not.
引用
收藏
页码:180 / 199
页数:20
相关论文
共 50 条