- A
paradox is a
logically self-contradictory
statement or a
statement that runs
contrary to one's expectation. It is a
statement that,
despite apparently...
- A
temporal paradox, time
paradox, or time
travel paradox, is a
paradox, an
apparent contradiction, or
logical contradiction ****ociated with the idea of...
- The
paradox of
tolerance is a
philosophical concept suggesting that if a
society extends tolerance to
those who are intolerant, it
risks enabling the...
- This list
includes well
known paradoxes,
grouped thematically. The
grouping is approximate, as
paradoxes may fit into more than one category. This list...
- Simpson's
paradox is a
phenomenon in
probability and
statistics in
which a
trend appears in
several groups of data but
disappears or
reverses when the...
- Braess's
paradox is the
observation that
adding one or more
roads to a road
network can slow down
overall traffic flow
through it. The
paradox was first...
- Zeno's
paradoxes are a
series of
philosophical arguments presented by the
ancient Gr****
philosopher Zeno of Elea (c. 490–430 BC),
primarily known through...
- The term
Socratic paradox may to
refer to
several seemingly paradoxical claims made by the
ancient Gr****
philosopher Socrates: I know that I know nothing...
- A
paradoxical reaction (or
paradoxical effect) is an
effect of a
chemical substance, such as a
medical drug, that is
opposite to what
would usually be...
- The
omnipotence paradox is a
family of
paradoxes that
arise with some
understandings of the term omnipotent. The
paradox arises, for example, if one ****umes...
