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From: campbell@utx1.UUCP (Tom Campbell)
Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.math.symbolic,sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Russell's set of sets which... paradox
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Date: Wed, 22-Jul-87 16:30:22 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 22 16:30:22 1987
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Keywords: set theory, paradox, logic
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I would like to know if a *satisfactory explaination* has ever
been given regarding Russell's well-known set theory paradox.

For those who are not familar with it, here it is.

Let S' be a set such that S' has as its elements all and only those
sets which have the following property:   

              They do not have themselves as elements.

QUESTION: Is S' a set which does not have itself as a member?


                                    Thanks, TDC