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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, despite apparently valid reasoning from true or apparently true premises, leads to a seemingly self-contradictory or a logically unacceptable conclusion.[3][4] A paradox usually involves contradictory-yet-interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.[5][6][7] They result in "persistent contradiction between interdependent elements" leading to a lasting "unity of opposites".[8] In logic, many paradoxes exist that are known to be invalid arguments, yet are nevertheless valuable in promoting critical thinking,[9] while other paradoxes have revealed errors in definitions that were assumed to be rigorous, and have caused axioms of mathematics and logic to be re-examined. One example is Russell's paradox, which questions whether a "list of all lists that do not contain themselves" would include itself and showed that attempts to

Paradox - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Logically self-contradictory statement For other uses, see Paradox (disambiguation) . A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to expectations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a statement that, despite apparently valid reasoning from true or apparently true premises, leads to a seemingly self-contradictory or a logically unacceptable conclusion. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A paradox usually involves contradictory-yet-interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ]

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