Paradoxes

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Types of paradoxes (Quine)


 * Falsidical - lack a proper understanding or way of looking at things.
 * ?? false premises?
 * E.g. Zeno
 * Veridical - such things cannot exist, or the conclusion is true
 * Barber who shaves all and only those men who don't shave themselves
 * A rock that God can't lift
 * Antinomies
 * True unsolved paradoxes

List of paradoxes

 * Zeno's arrow or lion paradox, calculus
 * Ship of Thesus - gradually replace all parts and then construct new from old parts, which is the real ship?
 * Are you equivalent to your baby self?
 * Sorties Paradox: When is a pile of sand not a pile anymore when you're removing/adding grains?
 * Self referential
 * "This statement is false."
 * I think since this statement has no connection to reality except itself, and it is defined recursive, it has no meaning. It is like a wrong arbitrary math construct. Thinking about my highly axiomatic/defined language.
 * Is the word heterological, heterological? (Definition of heterological is "does not describe itself")
 * Heterological often refers to e.g. adjectives vs nouns. In this case, heterological is an adjective and thus it does not describe itself. Heterological can be used to describe heterological, but is not describing itself in the way a noun does.


 * Paradox of Confirmation / Paradox of Ravens. Carl Gustav Hempel
 * I think here the definition of evidence is odd. Scientific theories are only falsifiable, not proveable
 * Longer description:
 * Instance confirmation: An instance of A is B supports A is B (I think this is vague. "supports")
 * [Unnamed] All A is B = All not B is not A
 * THEREFORE An not B that is not A supports all A is B
 * A red (non-black) chair (non-raven) supports that all ravens are black