RACLAVSKÝ, Jiří. The Barber Paradox: On its Paradoxicality and its Relationship to Russell's Paradox. Prolegomena: Journal of Philosophy. Zagreb, Chorvatsko: University of Zagreb – Croatian Studies, 2014, roč. 13, č. 2, s. 269-278. ISSN 1333-4395. |
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@article{1210404, author = {Raclavský, Jiří}, article_location = {Zagreb, Chorvatsko}, article_number = {2}, keywords = {degrees of paradoxicality; pseudoparadoxicality; Russell’s paradox; the Barber paradox}, language = {eng}, issn = {1333-4395}, journal = {Prolegomena: Journal of Philosophy}, title = {The Barber Paradox: On its Paradoxicality and its Relationship to Russell's Paradox.}, url = {http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/191533}, volume = {13}, year = {2014} }
TY - JOUR ID - 1210404 AU - Raclavský, Jiří PY - 2014 TI - The Barber Paradox: On its Paradoxicality and its Relationship to Russell's Paradox. JF - Prolegomena: Journal of Philosophy VL - 13 IS - 2 SP - 269-278 EP - 269-278 PB - University of Zagreb – Croatian Studies SN - 13334395 KW - degrees of paradoxicality KW - pseudoparadoxicality KW - Russell’s paradox KW - the Barber paradox UR - http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/191533 N2 - The Barber paradox is often introduced as a popular version of Russell's paradox, though some experts have denied their similarity, even calling the Barber paradox a pseudoparadox. In the first part of the paper, I demonstrate mainly that in the standard (Quinean) definition of a paradox the Barber paradox is a clear-cut example of a non-paradox. Despite some outward similarities, it differs radically from Russell's paradox. I also expose many other differences. In the second part of the paper, I examine a probable source of the paradoxicality of the Barber paradox, which is found in a certain ambivalence in terms of meaning. The two different readings of the crucial phrase yield distinct existential assumptions which produce the paradoxical conclusion ER -
RACLAVSKÝ, Jiří. The Barber Paradox: On its Paradoxicality and its Relationship to Russell's Paradox. \textit{Prolegomena: Journal of Philosophy}. Zagreb, Chorvatsko: University of Zagreb – Croatian Studies, 2014, roč.~13, č.~2, s.~269-278. ISSN~1333-4395.
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