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The inconsistency of
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 March 2014
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In [4] Curry raised the possibility that his system proposed in ξ15C of [3] might be inconsistent. In this paper this inconsistency is proved using a method also employed in [1].
From Curry's axiom ⊦LH, it follows that
holds for arbitrary X.
The other results from that are required are
Modus Ponens, and the Deduction Theorem for implication:
Assuming ⊦HA, we define as in [1]:
and let
where Y is the paradoxical (or fixed point) combinator.
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