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For example, Barrow introduced a memorable paradox, which he called "the Groucho Marx Effect" (see Russell-like paradoxes). Here, he quotes Groucho Marx: "I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would accept me as a member". Applying this to problems in cosmology, Barrow stated: "A universe simple enough to be understood is too simple to ...
Professor Michael Polanyi on a hike in England. Polanyi's paradox, named in honour of the British-Hungarian philosopher Michael Polanyi, is the theory that human knowledge of how the world functions and of our own capability are, to a large extent, beyond our explicit understanding.
"Socratic paradox" may also refer to statements of Socrates that seem contrary to common sense, such as that "no one desires evil". [ 16 ] The words of the apostle Paul are also found paralleling this saying in 1Cor 8:2 , " Anyone who claims to know something does not yet have the necessary knowledge."
Reprinted in his 1976 Ways of Paradox. Harvard Univ. Press: 185–196. 1969, "Epistemology Naturalized" in Ontological Relativity and Other Essays. New York: Columbia University Press: 69–90. "Truth by Convention", first published in 1936.
Michael Huemer (/ ˈ h j uː m ər /; born December 27, 1969) is an American professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. [1] He has defended ethical intuitionism , direct realism , metaphysical libertarianism , phenomenal conservatism , substance dualism , reincarnation , the repugnant conclusion , [ 2 ] and philosophical ...
The Freedom Paradox: Towards a Post-Secular Ethics (Allen & Unwin, 274pp) is a 2008 book by Professor Clive Hamilton.This is a philosophical book related to the nature and consequences of advanced consumer capitalism.
Jeremy James Siegel (born November 14, 1945) is an American economist who is the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He appears regularly on networks including CNN, CNBC and NPR, and writes regular columns for Kiplinger's Personal Finance and Yahoo! Finance. Siegel's paradox is named ...
Richard Ainley Easterlin (January 12, 1926 – December 16, 2024) was an American economist. A professor of economics at the University of Southern California, he is best known for the economic theory named after him, the Easterlin paradox.