Re: Does the phrase " Russell's paradox " should be replaced with another phrase?

From: Eric <eric_at_deptj.eu>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:55:22 +0000
Message-ID: <slrnmesa5a.r27.eric_at_bruno.deptj.eu>


On 2015-02-25, vldm10 <vldm10_at_yahoo.com> wrote: 8>< --------
> In his paper RM/T, section 3, E. Codd wrote: "A database so structured
> will then consist of two parts: a regular part consisting of a collection
> of time-varying relations of assorted degree (this is sometimes called
> the extension) and an irregular part consisting of predicate logic
> formulas that are relatively stable over time (this is sometimes called
> the intention, although it may not be what the logicians Russell and
> Whitehead originally intended by this word)"

That should be "intension", not intention.

Eric

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