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Philosophy Paradoxes

  • Blub Paradox - Programmers can look "down" at less powerful languages and see what's missing, but can't look "up" a...

  • Privacy Paradox - People claim to value privacy highly but consistently fail to act on it, sharing personal data freel...

  • Golf Ball Paradox - Dimpled golf balls fly farther than smooth ones. Counter-intuitively, surface roughness REDUCES drag...

  • Pancake Paradox - The first pancake is always bad because you need to cook one to calibrate the pan temperature. Some ...

  • I Know That I Know Nothing - Socrates' famous claim: If he knows nothing, how does he know that? But if he knows something (that ...

  • Omnipotence Paradox - Can God create a stone so heavy even He cannot lift it? Either answer limits omnipotence - a classic...

  • Paradox of Free Will - If God knows in advance what you'll decide, how can your choice be free? Divine foreknowledge seems ...

  • Problem of Evil - If God is omnipotent, omniscient, and good, why does evil exist? Any two seem compatible, but all th...

  • Moore's Paradox - "It's raining, but I don't believe it's raining." Not a logical contradiction, yet absurd to assert....

  • Meno's Paradox - You can't search for what you know (you already have it) or what you don't know (you won't recognize...

  • Paradox of Fiction - We feel real emotions for fictional characters we know don't exist....

  • Hedgehog's Dilemma - The closer we get to others, the more we hurt each other....

  • Paradox of Analysis - A correct analysis must be identical to what's analyzed, making it uninformative....

  • Moral Paradox - Different moral imperatives can logically conflict with each other....

  • Rule-Following Paradox - No rule can determine its own application (Wittgenstein)...

  • Mere Addition Paradox - Adding happy lives can lead to worse outcomes (Parfit)...

  • Nihilism Paradox - Claiming nothing has meaning is itself a meaningful claim...

  • Wollheim's Paradox - A democrat can advocate for policies they personally oppose...

  • Paradox of Freedom - Unlimited freedom for all leads to less freedom overall....

  • Kavka's Toxin Puzzle - Can you intend to drink non-lethal toxin tomorrow just to receive reward today?...

  • Predestination Paradox - Time travel causes the very event you traveled back to prevent....

  • Temporal Paradox - Altering the past removes your reason to travel back in time....

  • Hitler Murder Paradox - If you killed Hitler, you'd remove your reason to time travel....