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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / c. Berry's paradox

[problem with defining a number with maximum words]

4 ideas
Berry's Paradox considers the meaning of 'The least number not named by this name' [Bostock]
Berry's Paradox: we succeed in referring to a number, with a term which says we can't do that [Hart,WD]
Berry's Paradox finds a contradiction in the naming of huge numbers [Brown,JR]
'x is a natural number definable in less than 19 words' leads to contradiction [Priest,G]