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Definitions of paradox in various dictionaries:
noun - (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking.
One exhibiting inexplicable or contradictory aspects: “You have the paradox of a Celt being the smooth Oxonian” (Anthony Burgess).
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| From words meaning "beyond belief", it's a seemingly contradictory statement |
| From Greek for "beyond opinion", this kind of statement's truth lies in its contradiction |
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| a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true. |
| (logic) a self-contradiction |
| a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics: |
| a statement or situation that may be true but seems impossible or difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics: |
| A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking. |
| One exhibiting inexplicable or contradictory aspects: "The silence of midnight, to speak truly, though apparently a paradox, rung in my ears ( Mary Shelley). |
| An assertion that is essentially self-contradictory, though based on a valid deduction from acceptable premises. |
| A statement contrary to received opinion. |
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A paradox is a statement that, despite apparently sound reasoning from true premises, leads to an apparently self-contradictory or logically unacceptable conclusion. A paradox involves contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.Some logical paradoxes are known to be invalid arguments but are still valuable in promoting critical thinking.Some paradoxes have revealed errors in definitions assumed to be rigorous, and have caused axioms of mathematics and logic to be re-examined. One example is Russell's paradox, which questions whether a "list of all lists that do not contain themselves" would include itself, and showed that attempts to found set theory on the identification of sets with properties or predicates were flawed. Others, such as Curry's paradox, are not yet resolved. * Examples outside logic include the ship of Theseus from philosophy (questioning whether a ship repaired over time by replacing each and all of its wooden parts, one at |
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