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Russell's paradox (iou)



Russell's paradox noun phr. Also Russell paradox. E20.
[from Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (1872-1970), English mathematician and philosopher.]
A paradox concerning the set of all sets that do not contain themselves as members, viz. that the condition for it to contain itself is that it should not contain itself.