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....