Vicious circle principle
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Vicious circle principle
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The vicious circle principle is a principle that was endorsed by many predicativist mathematicians in the early 20th century to prevent contradictions. The principle states that no object or property may be introduced by a definition that depends on that object or property itself. In addition to ruling out definitions that are explicitly circular, this principle rules out definitions that quantify over domains which include the entity being defined. Thus, it blocks Russell's paradox, which defin
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Mathematical principle
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2023-11-17T16:15:30Z
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