The barber paradox is a puzzle derived from Russell's paradox. It was used by Bertrand Russell as an illustration of the paradox, though he attributes...
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at the same time. The barber paradox is contradictory because it implies that the barber shaves himself if and only if the barber does not shave himself...
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In mathematical logic, Russell's paradox (also known as Russell's antinomy) is a set-theoretic paradox published by the British philosopher and mathematician...
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female mice. The "barber" plucks the vibrissae of the recipient. The behavior is probably related to social dominance. Barbasol Barber paradox Barbershop music...
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paradox or Grelling's paradox. It is closely related to several other well-known paradoxes, in particular, the barber paradox and Russell's paradox....
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other assumption is also disproved" leads to paradoxical consequences. Not to be confused with the Barber paradox. What the Tortoise Said to Achilles: If a...
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by Scott Winant. The title refers to the paradox in logic known as the barber paradox. "Who Shaves the Barber?" deals with the consequences of the previous...
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This article contains a discussion of paradoxes of set theory. As with most mathematical paradoxes, they generally reveal surprising and counter-intuitive...
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The barbershop paradox was proposed by Lewis Carroll in a three-page essay titled "A Logical Paradox", which appeared in the July 1894 issue of Mind....
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question presupposes that smacking is a part of good parental correction". Barber paradox Complex question Entailment (pragmatics) False dilemma Gotcha journalism...
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