References by Essay


Paradox and Self-Reference

Epimenides of Crete. Fragment quoted in Epistle to Titus (Titus 1:12).

Clement of Alexandria. Stromata (late 2nd century). Identifies Epimenides as the Cretan prophet quoted in Titus.

Diogenes Laërtius. Lives of Eminent Philosophers (3rd century). A major source for early Greek philosophers, including the Megarian tradition.

Eubulides of Miletus. Megarian philosopher (4th century BC), traditionally credited with the liar paradox.

Russell, Bertrand. “Letter to Gottlob Frege.” 1902.

Whitehead, Alfred North, and Bertrand Russell. Principia Mathematica. 1910–1913.

Brouwer, L. E. J. “Intuitionism and Formalism.” 1912.

Hilbert, David. “On the Infinite.” 1926.

Cantor, Georg. “Über eine elementare Frage der Mannigfaltigkeitslehre.” Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung 1 (1891): 75–78.

Gödel, Kurt. “Über formal unentscheidbare Sätze der Principia Mathematica und verwandter Systeme I.” 1931.

Rosser, J. Barkley. “Extensions of Some Theorems of Gödel and Church.” 1936.

Nagel, Ernest, and James R. Newman. Gödel’s Proof. 1958.

Wang, Hao. Reflections on Kurt Gödel. 1987.