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Leonard Nelson

German mathematician and philosopher (1882-1927)

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Lived 1882–1927, aged 45Germany

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Updated 2026-06-20

Leonard Nelson, sometimes spelt Leonhard, was a German mathematician, critical philosopher, and socialist. He was part of the neo-Friesian school of neo-Kantianism and a friend of the mathematician David Hilbert. He devised the Grelling–Nelson paradox in 1908 and the related idea of autological words with Kurt Grelling.

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