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page 1Self-referential paradoxes
Russell's paradox
paradox in set theory concerning the set of all sets not containing themselves
liar paradox
statement of a liar who states that they are lying: for instance, declaring that "I am lying" or "everything I say is false"
I know that I know nothing
famous saying by Socrates
barber paradox
colloquial version of Russell’s paradox: does a barber, who shaves all those — and those only — who do not shave themselves, shave himself?
Epimenides paradox
logical paradox involving self-reference
Curry's paradox
a paradox in which an arbitrary claim F is proved from the mere existence of a sentence C that says of itself “If C, then F”
interesting number paradox
logical contradiction in which every possible solution to the problem is exempt: if there were some uninteresting natural numbers, there would be a smallest uninteresting number, which would be therefore interesting
crocodile dilemma
paradox
Richard's paradox
apparent contadiction in metamathematics
paradox of the Court
paradox originating in ancient Greece, often cited for humorous purposes to signal the "race of speciosity" between forensic and political categories
Grelling–Nelson paradox
self-referential paradox: is the word “heterological” (defined as referring to a word that does not describe itself) heterological?
Berry paradox
self-referential paradox
Pinocchio paradox
liar Paradox
Buridan's bridge
Logical paradox
Stephen Yablo
philosopher
card paradox
a variant of the liar paradox constructed by Philip Jourdain
Kleene–Rosser paradox