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The Paradoxes of Knowledge

Author(s): Angel S. Stefanov
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: paradox of omniscience; preface paradox; the paradox of knowability; the knower’s paradox; kinds of solutions; self-referential inconsistency.

Summary/Abstract: Four types of classical paradoxes are presented in the paper, all of which are related to knowledge: the paradox of omniscience, the preface paradox, the paradox of knowability, and the knower’s paradox. The article considers the reasons for the appearance of these paradoxes as well as ways for finding rational solutions to them.

  • Issue Year: XXIV/2015
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 21-27
  • Page Count: 7