Keith Simmons presents an original, unified solution to the semantic paradoxes which have dogged attempts to give a consistent account of the logic of natural language since antiquity: the Liar paradox and the paradoxes of reference and predication.
Infinity is paradoxical in many ways. Some paradoxes involve deterministic supertasks, such as Thomson's Lamp, where a switch is toggled an infinite number of times over a finite period of time, or the Grim Reaper, where it seems that infinitely many reapers can produce a result…
Roy T. Cook examines the Yablo paradox, a paradoxical, infinite sequence of sentences, each of which entails the falsity of all others that follow it. He focuses on questions of characterization, circularity and generalizability, and pays special attention to the idea that it pr…
"Paradox drives a good deal of philosophy in every tradition. In the Indian and Western traditions, there is a tendency among many (but not all) philosophers to run from contradiction and paradox. If and when a contradiction appears in a theory, it is regarded as a sure sign tha…
Paradoxes are more than just intellectual puzzles - they raise substantive philosophical issues and offer the promise of increased philosophical knowledge. In this introduction to paradox and paradoxes, Doris Olin shows how seductive paradoxes can be, why they confuse and confou…
Examines Meno's paradox, which challenges the possibility of inquiry, and compares replies from Aristotle, the Epicureans, the Stoics, and Sextus Empiricus, in a consideration of the nature of knowledge and justification, the difference between knowledge and belief, varieties in…