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Bertrand Russell on his paradox and the multiplicative axiom. An unpublished letter to Philip Jourdain

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Grattan-Guinness, I. Bertrand Russell on his paradox and the multiplicative axiom. An unpublished letter to Philip Jourdain. J Philos Logic 1, 103–110 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00650491

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