Patching vs. Preventing: How Leśniewski Bypassed Russell’s Paradox

Examination of Leśniewski’s Calculus of Names, a logical framework engineered to eliminate structural paradoxes like Russell’s by redefining how language refers to existence. Rather than relying on complex hierarchies, the system utilizes a single axiom centered on the copula "is," which requires that a subject must exist, be unique, and belong to a specific category to produce a true statement. By decreeing that any sentence featuring an empty or non-existent name is automatically false, Leśniewski prevents the semantic confusion that typically leads to self-contradiction. I highlights how this rigorous grammar of naming preserves the classical principle of non-contradiction while stripping away the unstable abstractions of modern set theory.

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