This puzzle, due to Roy Sorensen, has a similar structure to The Unexpected Examination, but it is about intention rather than justified ... d. ing. Roy Sorensen, Blindspots, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1988, chapter 7. T h e P a r a d o x.
Curry's. Paradox. Using the self-referential statement (S) 'If it is true that S, then Paris is the capital of Italy', it seems that you can demonstrate the conclusion that Paris is the capital of Italy, or indeed anything you like.
This guide to paradoxes takes the reader on a lively tour of puzzles that have taxed thinkers from Zeno to Galileo and Lewis Carroll to Bertrand Russell.
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Paradoxes from A to Z, Third edition is the essential guide to paradoxes, and takes the reader on a lively tour of puzzles that have taxed thinkers from Zeno to Galileo, and Lewis Carroll to Bertrand Russell.
This updated second edition is the essential guide to paradoxes and takes the reader on a lively tour of puzzles that have taxed thinkers from Zeno to Galileo and Lewis Carroll to Bertrand Russell.
" "This second edition features ten brain-teasing new paradoxes including the Paradox of Interesting Numbers, the Muddy Children and the Self-Amendment Paradox.
This updated second edition is the essential guide to paradoxes and takes the reader on a lively tour of puzzles that have taxed thinkers from Zeno to Galileo and Lewis Carroll to Bertrand Russell.