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Full Idea
Berry's Paradox can be put in this form, by considering the alleged name 'The least number not named by this name'.
Gist of Idea
Berry's Paradox considers the meaning of 'The least number not named by this name'
Source
David Bostock (Philosophy of Mathematics [2009], 8.1)
Book Ref
Bostock,David: 'Philosophy of Mathematics: An Introduction' [Wiley-Blackwell 2009], p.227
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