• echolalia@lemmy.ml
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    5 days ago

    huh

    isn’t this just Russell’s paradox

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    if I recall correctly Russell’s Paradox was how ZFC set theory became the standard set theory

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      5 days ago

      ZF handles it. The C adds the axiom of choice. But ZF is enough for dealing with the Russel paradox. Oddly enough, Zermelo, the Z in ZF, published the Russel paradox a year before Russel.