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Animatsyesterday at 8:48 PM2 repliesview on HN

This sounds close to Russell's "class of all classes" paradox. Is it?


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enricozbyesterday at 9:28 PM

Yes the type theoretic analog to Russel's (set theoretic) paradox is Girard's (as mentioned in the abstract) paradox.

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hackandthinktoday at 2:33 AM

It is Burali-Forti 1897, predating Russel's paradox.