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Mere addition paradox: (Parfit's paradox) Is a large population living a barely tolerable life better than a small, happy population? Moore's paradox : "It's raining, but I don't believe that it is." Newcomb's paradox : A paradoxical game between two players, one of whom can predict the actions of the other.
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Also known as the ship of Theseus, this is a classical paradox on the first branch of metaphysics, ontology (philosophy of existence and identity). The paradox runs thus: There used to be the great ship of Theseus which was made out of, say, 100 parts. Each part has a single corresponding replacement part in the ship's port.
A falsidical paradox establishes a result that appears false and actually is false, due to a fallacy in the demonstration. Therefore, falsidical paradoxes can be classified as fallacious arguments: The various invalid mathematical proofs (e.g., that 1 = 2) are classic examples of this, often relying on a hidden division by zero.
The paradox is not merely apparent, but real, and consists of these two contradictory-but-true statements: Given (1) the number of opportunities for intelligent life, (2) the amount of time that life has had to colonize the galaxy/universe, and (3) the short time period needed for intelligent life to colonize the galaxy once it has achieved ...
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Wikipedia also contains paradoxes. In Wikipedia, there are a number of paradoxes. This is intended to be a high-level overview of the major conceptual paradoxes within our project. Paradox 1: Immutable change Authoritative writing strives for perpetual immutability, or "perfection." Wikis facilitate dynamic change that negates immutability and ...