Section Burali_Forti_Paradox.
Definition morphism (A : Type) (R : A -> A -> Prop)
(B : Type) (S : B -> B -> Prop) (f : A -> B) :=
forall x y : A, R x y -> S (f x) (f y).
(* The hypothesis of the paradox: assumes there exists an universal system of notations, i.e: - A type A0 - An injection i0 from relations on any type into A0 - The proof that i0 is injective modulo morphism *)
Variable A0 : Type.                     (* Type_i *)
Variable i0 : forall X : Type, (X -> X -> Prop) -> A0. (* X: Type_j *)
Hypothesis
inj :
forall (X1 : Type) (R1 : X1 -> X1 -> Prop) (X2 : Type)
(R2 : X2 -> X2 -> Prop),
i0 X1 R1 = i0 X2 R2 -> exists f : X1 -> X2, morphism X1 R1 X2 R2 f.
(* Embedding of x in y: x and y are images of 2 well founded relations R1 and R2, the ordinal of R2 being strictly greater than that of R1. *)
Record emb (x y : A0) : Prop :=
{X1 : Type;
R1 : X1 -> X1 -> Prop;
eqx : x = i0 X1 R1;
X2 : Type;
R2 : X2 -> X2 -> Prop;
eqy : y = i0 X2 R2;
W2 : WF X2 R2;
f : X1 -> X2;
fmorph : morphism X1 R1 X2 R2 f;
maj : X2;
majf : forall z : X1, R2 (f z) maj}.
intros.
case H; intros.
case H0; intros.
generalize eqx0; clear eqx0.
elim eqy using eq_ind_r; intro.
case (inj _ _ _ _ eqx0); intros.
exists X1 R1 X3 R3 (fun x : X1 => f0 (x0 (f x))) maj0; trivial.
red; auto.
Defined.
simple induction 1; intros.
constructor; intros.
case H4; intros.
elim eqx using eq_ind_r.
case (inj X2 R2 Y S).
apply sym_eq; assumption.
intros.
apply H1 with (y := f (x1 maj)) (f := fun x : X1 => f (x1 (f0 x)));
try red; auto.
Defined.

(* The embedding relation is well founded *)
Lemma WF_emb : WF A0 emb.