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We show how to represent a paradox similar to Russell's paradox in Type Theory withW-types and a type of all types, and how to use this in order to represent a fixed-point operator in such a theory. It is still open whether such a construction is possible without theW-type.
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This research was partly supported by ESPIRIT Basic Research Action “Logical Frameworks”.