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    Supports→Standard set theory may be inconsistent

    Russell's paradox revealed a contradiction in early set theory

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    In light of the paradoxes for early set theories (Russell’s paradox, the Burali-Forti paradox, and others), some mathematicians and philosophers worried that standard set theory might be inconsistent as well. One alternative viewpoint on mathematics is intuitionism, which only accepts the existence of mathematical objects whose construction can be carried out in some sense by the human mind. Intuitionism requires a revision of logic, since this limitation invalidates the Law of Excluded Middle—t

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