The Grelling–Nelson paradox arises from the question of whether the term "non-self-descriptive" is self-descriptive. It was formulated in 1908 by Kurt...
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Kurt Grelling (2 March 1886 – September 1942) was a German logician and philosopher, member of the Berlin Circle. Kurt Grelling was born on 2 March 1886...
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Hilbert. He devised the Grelling–Nelson paradox in 1908 and the related idea of autological words with Kurt Grelling. Nelson subsequently became influential...
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introduced by Kurt Grelling and Leonard Nelson for describing a semantic paradox, later known as Grelling's paradox or the Grelling–Nelson paradox. Metaplasm...
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is a paradox which reaches a self-contradictory result by properly applying accepted ways of reasoning. For example, the Grelling–Nelson paradox points...
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existence of certain "properties" so as to avoid paradoxes such as Russell's paradox and Grelling–Nelson paradox, though such moves remain controversial. In...
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liars". This paradox works in mainly the same way as the liar paradox. Grelling–Nelson paradox: Is the word "heterological", meaning "not applicable to itself"...
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The Grelling–Nelson paradox with "describer": The describer (word) that describes all words, that do not describe themselves. Richard's paradox with...
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close similarities between Russell's paradox in set theory and the Grelling–Nelson paradox, which demonstrates a paradox in natural language. In 1905, the...
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Laplace equation Weyl's lemma on hypoellipticity Weyl's paradox (properly the Grelling–Nelson paradox) Weyl's postulate Weyl's theorem on complete reducibility...
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1908 in philosophy Kurt Grelling and Leonard Nelson propose the Grelling–Nelson paradox. March 14 – Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French phenomenological philosopher...
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very lack of any interesting properties. (F) A loan of the Paradox of Grelling and Nelson. The number of all finite definitions is countable. In lexical...
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Vlastos Gregory Wheeler Greibach normal form Grelling's paradox Grelling–Nelson paradox Grellings paradox Gricean maxims Griffith Powell Grigorii Maksimov...
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The preparedness paradox is the proposition that if a society or individual acts effectively to mitigate a potential disaster such as a pandemic, natural...
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resulting in the formation of a group that included Reichenbach, Kurt Grelling and Walter Dubislav among others. Independently, the Machist philosopher...
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Rawls John Searle John Wisdom Jules Vuillemin Karl Menger Kit Fine Kurt Grelling Kwasi Wiredu Language, Truth, and Logic Logical atomism Logical form Logical...
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Contributors and positions held at time of broadcast 22 September 2016 Zeno's paradoxes Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics and Simonyi Professor for the...
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between facts and true propositions in a fine-grained manner. Grelling paradox A paradox related to self-reference and linguistic categories, particularly...
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Circle". Carl Gustav Hempel, Richard von Mises, David Hilbert and Kurt Grelling all became members of the Berlin Circle. In 1930, Reichenbach and Rudolf...
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philosopher (1906-1987) Herbert Feigl – Austrian-American philosopher Kurt Grelling – German logician and philosopher (1886–1942) R. B. Braithwaite – English...
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shift Paradox Paradox of analysis Paradox of hedonism Paradox of the Court Paradox of the heap Paradox of the stone Paradox of tolerance Paradoxes Paradoxes...
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Fitzpatrick, Martin (2000). "Toleration and the Enlightenment Movement" in Grell/Porter, Toleration in Enlightenment Europe, p. 64, footnote 91, Cambridge...
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poetic expression and rhetorical flourishes, and a theologian's respect for paradox". With Eire's words, Calvin "revived the jealous God of the Old Testament"...
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witches are female". "The European witch stereotype embodies two apparent paradoxes: first, it was not produced by the 'barbaric Dark Ages', but during the...
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reference to Schlick. The manifesto lists Walter Dubislav, Josef Frank, Kurt Grelling, Hasso Härlen, Eino Kaila, Heinrich Loewy, F. P. Ramsey, Hans Reichenbach...
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behind the nuptials in the story 'One Bridegroom Too Many!'" Bridwell, E. Nelson (w), Andru, Ross (p), Esposito, Mike (i). "The Race to the End of the Universe"...
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continued to write the stories, which were drawn by artists such as Mike Grell and Alex Saviuk, while muting the social and political themes that had characterized...
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the Independent on Sunday concluded that "Daughters of Africa has a paradoxical universality", while The Washington Post Book World called it: "A magnificent...
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collects Superboy vol. 5 #20-27, 160 pages, July 2014 Superboy Volume 5: Paradox collects Superboy vol. 5 #0, #28-34; Superboy: Future's End #1, 232 pages...
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