- 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...
- The
paradox of
tolerance states that if a society's
practice of
tolerance is
inclusive of the intolerant,
intolerance will
ultimately dominate, eliminating...
- A
temporal paradox, time
paradox, or time
travel paradox, is a
paradox, an
apparent contradiction, or
logical contradiction ****ociated with the idea of...
- 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...
- This list
includes well
known paradoxes,
grouped thematically. The
grouping is approximate, as
paradoxes may fit into more than one category. This list...
- The
Fermi paradox is the
discrepancy between the lack of
conclusive evidence of
advanced extraterrestrial life and the
apparently high
likelihood of its...
- 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...
- The term
Socratic paradox may be used to
refer to
several seemingly paradoxical claims made by the
philosopher Socrates: I know that I know nothing, a...
- 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...
- Schrödinger's
paradox may
refer to two
ideas by
Erwin Schrödinger: Schrödinger's cat, a
thought experiment relating to
quantum physics Schrödinger's
paradox, the...
