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| Jun 8, 2019 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPhilosophy/status/1137419243098648577 | ||
| May 20, 2019 at 4:37 | comment | added | Conifold | Gap of information is, in a way, the opposite of paradox, which is its excess, too much to hold together. But I agree that resolution of a problem often goes through a paradox. Ideally, it sharpens the view by circumscribing ingredients that are responsible for the problem. It remains to cut out the excess by making more subtle distinctions. But perhaps what you have in mind is what can only be shown and not said, as Wittgenstein put it. Cogito would be an example, attempts to verbalize it result in a fallacy (Curry's is not, it is just Russell' paradox in disguise, and resolved similarly). | |
| May 19, 2019 at 12:19 | comment | added | christo183 | @Conifold Deep down you think paradoxes are basically a problem of 'definition'? Also see comments to Geoffrey. | |
| May 19, 2019 at 10:37 | comment | added | Conifold | You mean is something like round square or the set of all sets a concept? Sure, there is no requirement on concepts to be coherent. As for ontology, one can use Meinongian subsistence (kind of existence), or Russell's paraphrase (linguistic device for eliminating them), it is a matter of taste, see SEP Nonexistent Objects. | |
| May 19, 2019 at 10:17 | history | became hot network question | |||
| May 19, 2019 at 10:03 | answer | added | Geoffrey Thomas♦ | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 19, 2019 at 9:36 | history | asked | christo183 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |