PARADOX
Paradox
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ee
What is a
paradox
A paradox is a
form of the
figure of speech
which when
heard or read
can seem to be
completely self
contradicting.
What is
contradicting
you ask
You can take
the word
contrast for
example.
Contrast
means
opposite in
simple forms.
So if I say I’m
lying, I am not
necessarily
lying. I’m just
trying to be
sarcastic.
That’s how a
paradox
works.
Take some
people for
example. If we
are about to
give an exam,
and the
smartest
person in class
says, “I’m going
to fail.” that
doesn’t
necessarily
mean they are
going to get
below 50. It
means they are
just scared that
they MIGHT fail
Types of Paradox
There are four
generally accepted
types of paradox.
1. Veridical paradox
2. Falsidical Paradox
3. Antinomy Paradox
4. Dialetheia
Paradox
VERIDICAL
PARADOX
Veridical paradox
 Young Fredrich’s birthday
is on a Leap Day and only
occurs once every four
years. Although the
situation is logically true,
the statement is fairly
nonsensical. That’s how
veridical paradoxes work.
FALSIDICAL
PARADOX
 An example of a falsidical paradox is the idea of an arrow
being fired at a target. The exercise assumes that, for the
arrow to reach the target, it will have to travel half the
distance to get there. Once it is half way toward the target, it
must now travel half of the remaining distance to reach the
target. Each time the arrow traverses half of the remaining
distance to reach the target, it must then travel half of the
shorter remaining distance, down to infinitely infinitesimal
measurements. This would lead to the conclusion that, since
the arrow must always travel half the distance, it would never
actually reach the target, which is a false conclusion.
ANTINOMY
PARADOX
 An antinomy presents a statement, question or
problem that seems to have no answer according to
common sense or a pre-defined set of rules. This
example of an antinomy assumes there is a town in
which "the barber shaves all and only those men in
town who do not shave themselves." The question
that is posed is who shaves the barber? If he shaves
himself, then he is shaving a man who shaves himself
and violates the premise.
DIALETHEIA
PARADOX
• Finally, there is the dialetheia. The general concept
is that both a condition and the opposite of the
condition can both be true at the same time and coexist together.
• One very easy example is, if I say I’m too tired for a
certain party, but I am very excited to go to the gym
at the same time. That means, I just don’t want to go
to the party, instead, I want to go to the gym.
How to use paradox
 The best way to show that a certain sentence has a
paradox in it, is to use the word paradox in that
sentence.
 E.g In an unusual paradox, Pinocchio’s nose became
longer because he lied.
 In the example above, its not very usual for someone’s
nose to become longer if they lied (if it would.....) so this
sentence has the word paradox in it and the figure of
speech found in this sentence is a paradox.
ANAGRAMS
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What is an
anagram
A word,
phrase, or
name formed
by rearranging
the letters of
another, such
as spar,
formed
from rasp.
Some
examples
are
State can be
rearranged
into taste
Arc can be
rearranged
onto car
Peach can be
rearranged
into chin
Inch can be
rearranged
into chin
How to use an anagram
I find it rather funny that the anagram 'bad
credit' to 'debit card' exists, as a clear
representation of how many people
flounder with money.
If you can rearrange your name into
another word, your name and that word are
both an anagram of one another.