Events Tagged: "paradox"

4 events with tag "paradox"

1901 ID: 385
June 1901
Bertrand Russell discovers Russell's Paradox in Frege's system, precipitating the foundational crisis in mathematics
ID: 385
1902 ID: 367
Bertrand Russell discovers Russell's Paradox in Frege's system, creating a crisis in the foundations of mathematics
ID: 367
1902 ID: 386
June 16, 1902
Russell writes to Frege informing him of the paradox in his logical system, devastating Frege's logicist program
ID: 386
1903 ID: 387
Frege publishes Volume 2 of 'Grundgesetze' with an appendix acknowledging Russell's paradox and attempting a fix
ID: 387