PHILOS 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: A Priori And A Posteriori
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A paradox appears to be a sound argument with a false conclusion. A paradox is problematic because it seems to be an example of an impossible argument. Figure out which one of the appearances are misleading: find a false premises (or reject one, show why conclusion is really true (accept the conclusion, show why reasoning employed is invalid (reject the reasoning) A different taxonomy of solutions of paradoxes (shiffer): Happy face solution- what makes the premises incompatible. Unhappy face solution- that the paradox cannot be solved. They teach us about the nature and limits of reasoning; learn that something apparently obvious is infact profoundly confusing; scrutinize what seems obviously right. A paradox is the passion of thought (kierkegaard) A pair of arguments where: each argument begins w/ premises that seem uncont. True: each argument proceeds via reasoning that seems uncont. Irresolvable internal contradiction in text, argument or theory.
