FOM: Paradoxes and their role in the history of mathematics

[Andrew Gray]

I have been thinking about how paradoxes have affected the history 
of mathematics, either by motivating their ``resolution'' or 
avoidance.  However there doesn't appear to be much literature on 
the subject, or perhaps I'm just looking in the wrong places.  If 
anyone is aware of any published work that focuses on this 
question, I would be grateful if they would let me know, via the list 
or in private.  Either way I will post a summary of the relevant 
material that I find.   

Cheers,
Andrew
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Department of Information Science, University of Otago
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