Impredicativity + Girard paradox

Layer 0 — Mathematicsin the Type Theory subtree

System U (Girard 1972) with Type:Type is inconsistent (Girard paradox); shows impredicative systems with unrestricted self-reference are unsound; motivates universe-stratification.

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