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  2. List of paradoxes - Wikipedia

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    The term paradox is often used to describe a counter-intuitive result. However, some of these paradoxes qualify to fit into the mainstream viewpoint of a paradox, which is a self-contradictory result gained even while properly applying accepted ways of reasoning.

  3. Dative shift - Wikipedia

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    Although DOC and oblique dative forms are common productions for children at age three, the dative shift poses a paradox for young children learning English. The paradox, termed "Baker's Paradox", can be summarized in the following examples. When children hear both forms: (13a) Give money to him (OD) (13b) Give him money (DOC)

  4. Catch-22 (logic) - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Heller coined the term in his 1961 novel Catch-22, which describes absurd bureaucratic constraints on soldiers in World War II.The term is introduced by the character Doc Daneeka, an army psychiatrist who invokes "Catch-22" to explain why any pilot requesting mental evaluation for insanity—hoping to be found not sane enough to fly and thereby escape dangerous missions—demonstrates ...

  5. Paradox - Wikipedia

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    A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation. [1] [2] It is a statement that, ...

  6. Doc (2025 TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Doc is an American medical drama television series developed by Barbie Kligman and premiered on January 7, 2025, on Fox. The series is based on the Italian television series Doc – Nelle tue mani , which has been broadcast on Rai 1 since 2020.

  7. Tocqueville effect - Wikipedia

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    The Tocqueville effect (also known as the Tocqueville paradox) [1] is the phenomenon in which, as social conditions and opportunities improve, social frustration grows more quickly. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Definition

  8. Zeno's paradoxes - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Diogenes Laërtius, citing Favorinus, says that Zeno's teacher Parmenides was the first to introduce the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise. But in a later passage, Laërtius attributes the origin of the paradox to Zeno, explaining that Favorinus disagrees. [3] Modern academics attribute the paradox to Zeno. [1] [2]

  9. Sad clown paradox - Wikipedia

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    The sad clown paradox is the contradictory association, in performers, between comedy and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] For those affected, early life is characterised by feelings of deprivation and isolation, where comedy evolves as a release for tension, removing feelings of suppressed physical rage through a ...