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Principia Mathematica
Bertrand RussellIts ramified type theory was built largely to block set-theoretic and semantic paradoxes such as Russell's.
The Principles of Mathematics
Bertrand RussellPresents Russell's paradox of the set of all sets that do not contain themselves, a foundational contradiction in naive set theory.
What the Tortoise Said to Achilles
Lewis CarrollA short dialogue showing that rules of inference cannot all be supplied as further premises without regress.
One, Two, Three ... Infinity
George GamowA popular introduction to large numbers, infinity and relativity, including Hilbert's hotel.
Gödel's proof
James Roy NewmanA short, clear account of Gödel's incompleteness argument for general readers.
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- Gödel, Escher, Bach
Gödel, Escher, BachDouglas R. Hofstadter - The Lady or the Tiger?
The Lady or the Tiger?Raymond M. Smullyan - Reasons and Persons
Reasons and PersonsDerek Parfit - Incompleteness
IncompletenessRebecca Goldstein - The treatises of M.T. Cicero
The treatises of M.T. CiceroCicero1493 - Labyrinths of reason
Labyrinths of reasonWilliam Poundstone1988 - Ultra-solutions, or, How to fail most successfully
Ultra-solutions, or, How to fail most successfullyPaul Watzlawick1988 - The way of paradox
The way of paradoxCyprian Smith1987 - Aha! gotcha
Aha! gotchaMartin Gardner1980 - Paradoxes
ParadoxesMark Sainsbury1988 - A Brief History of the Paradox
A Brief History of the ParadoxRoy Sorensen2003 - Paradoxes from A to Z
Paradoxes from A to ZMichael Clark2007