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PARADOX

PARADOX. A  paradox  is a  seemingly true statement or group of statements that lead to a  contradiction or a situation which seems to defy logic or intuition .

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PARADOX

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  1. PARADOX A paradox is a seeminglytruestatementorgroup of statementsthatleadto a contradictionor a situationwhichseemstodefylogicorintuition. Typically, however, quotedparadoxicalstatements do not imply a realcontradictionandthepuzzlingresults can be rectifiedbydemonstratingthatoneormore of thepremisesthemselvesare not reallytrue, a play on words, faultyand cannotall be truetogether

  2. But manyparadoxes, such as Curry'sparadox, do not yet haveuniversallyacceptedresolutions. Thewordparadox is oftenusedinterchangeablywithcontradiction. Literaryandotherartisticuses of paradoxesimply no contradictionandmay be usedtodescribesituationsthatareironic.Sometimesthetermparadox is usedforsituationsthataremerelysurprising. An example of a paradox is "Thisstatement is false.", and is explainedbelow.

  3. In literature, the paradox is an anomalous juxtaposition of incongruous ideas for the sake of striking exposition or unexpected insight. It functions as a method of literary composition - and analysis - which involves examining apparently contradictory statements and drawing conclusions either to reconcile them or to explain their presence. Literary or rhetorical paradoxes abound in the works of Oscar Wilde and G. K. Chesterton. Other literature deals with paradox of situation; Rabelais, Cervantes, Sterne, Borges, and Chesterton are recognized as masters of situational as well as verbal paradox

  4. Statementssuch as Wilde’s “I can resistanythingexcepttemptation” andChesterton’s “spies do not looklikespies”areexamples of rhetoricalparadox. Furtherback, Polonius’ observationthat “thoughthis be madness, yet there is methodin’t” is a memorablethird.Also, statementsthatareillogicalandmetaphoricmay be called "paradoxes", forexample "the pike flewtothetreetosing". Theliteralmeaning is illogical, but therearemanyinterpretationsforthismetaphor.

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