Grelling-Nelson paradox en · PROPN
Etymology
Formulated in 1908 by Kurt Grelling and Leonard Nelson.
Meanings
- A semantic paradox of self-reference, where, supposing that "autological" means "self-describing" and "heterological" means "not self-describing", then "heterological" itself cannot be meaningfully classified as either of the two.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the Grelling-Nelson paradox | canonical | lexicographic |