Richard's paradox
Richard's paradox is a falsidical paradox of mathematical mapping first described by the French mathematician Jules Richard in 1905. Today, it is ordinarily used in order to show the importance of carefully distinguishing between mathematics and metamathematics.
References
- Jules Richard, "Les Principes des mathématiques et le problème des ensembles", Revue générale des sciences pures et appliquées (1905); translated in Heijenoort J. van (ed.), Source Book in Mathematical Logic 1879-1931 (Cambridge, Mass., 1964).
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Description of the paradox |
| ► | Resolving the paradox |
| ► | See also |
| ► | References |
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