PHILOSOPHICAL

·         Epicurean paradox, or Problem of evil: The existence of evil seems to be incompatible with the existence of an omnipotent and caring God.

·         Free will and omniscience paradox: If there is an omniscient being then it is impossible to have free will, for the omniscient being already knows what you are going to decide, therefore you can't decide because the decision has already been made.

·         Grandfather paradox: You travel back in time and kill your grandfather before he meets your grandmother which precludes your own conception and, therefore, you couldn't go back in time and kill your grandfather.

·         Liberal paradox

·         Mere addition paradox: Is a large population living barely tolerable lives better than a small happy population?

·         Moore's paradox: "It's raining, but I don't believe that it is."

·         Nihilist paradox: If truth does not exist, the statement "truth does not exist" is truth, thereby proving itself incorrect.

·         Omnipotence paradox: Can an omnipotent being create a rock too heavy to lift?

·         Related to the above, the irresistible force paradox: can an irresistible force move an immovable object? (Both of these upon inspection can also be considered paradoxes of entailments.)

·         Paradox of hedonism: in seeking pleasure, one does not find happiness.

·         Predestination paradox: A man travels back in time and impregnates his great-great-grandmother. The result is a line of offspring and descendants, including the man's parent(s) and the man himself. Therefore, unless he makes the time-travel trip at all, he will never exist.

·         Zeno's paradoxes: "You will never reach point B from point A as you must always get half-way there, and half of the half, and half of that half, and so on..."

·         Drasin's Paradox: "Everything is biased. If you disagree with me, it is due to a bias of your own self."

 

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