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Paradoxes

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Then, indeed, the contradiction which appears is unexpected, since the procedure applied in our reasoning was devised specially to prevent it. Logical checks were functioning and yet we obtained a contradiction, a very serious error.

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    For stylistic reasons, the word “paradox” will be sometimes replaced by the word “dilemma” in order to avoid repetitions.

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  1. Shapiro, S. (2006). Vagueness in context. Oxford.

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  2. Łukowski, P. (2006). Paradoksy (p. 533). Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.

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Łukowski, P. (2010). Introduction. In: Paradoxes. Trends in Logic, vol 31. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1476-2_1

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