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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 5. Paradoxes in Set Theory / a. Set theory paradoxes

[inconsistencies resulting from set theory axioms]

4 ideas
Set-theory paradoxes are no worse than sense deception in physics [Gödel]
Set theory was struggling with higher infinities, when new paradoxes made it baffling [Quine]
The paradoxes no longer seem crucial in critiques of set theory [Burgess/Rosen]
Paradoxes can be solved by talking more loosely of 'classes' instead of 'sets' [Friend]