Paradox: Logical, Cognitive and Communicative Aspects

Yearbook’s 1st Vol. “Paradox: Logical, Cognitive and Communicative Aspects” includes contributions by outstanding scholars like Matti Eklund (Cornell University, USA), Laurence Goldstein (University of Kent, UK), Jean-Yves Béziau (Swiss National Science Foundation / University of Neuchatel, Switzerland), Thomas Forster (University of Cambridge, UK), Tim Kenyon (University of Waterloo, Canada), Paul Tomassi (King’s College, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK) and many others.

Table of Contents

Preface
Jurģis Šķilters
(University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia)
Paradox, Language and Reality
Ólafur Páll Jónsson
(Iceland University of Education and University of Iceland, Iceland)

PARADOXES IN LOGIC AND SET THEORY

The Liar Paradox and Metaphysics
Matti Eklund
(Cornell University, USA)
Logic, Dialogue and Warrant: The Theorem P → P
Paul Tomassi, Brett Gilland
(King’s College, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK)
Russell, Edward Lear, Plato, Zeno, Grelling, Eubulides
Laurence Goldstein
(University of Kent, UK)
Against Limitation of Size
Øystein Linnebo
(University of Bristol, UK)
Transitivity and Paradoxes
Jean-Yves Béziau
(Swiss National Science Foundation / University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland)

PARADOX IN PHILOSOPHY OF MIND AND LANGUAGE

On Counterfactual Metaphors and Paradox
Mark G. Lee
(University of Birmingham, UK)
Kuhn’s Paradox of Thought Experiments
Tim De Mey
(Ghent University, Belgium / Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Paradox of Self-Reference in Ordinary Language
Janis Taurens
(Academia Nova / University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia)
A Note on Paradoxes in Ethics
Thomas Forster
(University of Cambridge, UK)

PARADOXES OF KNOWLEDGE

Idealized Psychology and Doxastic Logic
Tim Kenyon
(University of Waterloo, Canada)
A Justly Neglected Solution to the Knower Paradox?
Fredrik Stjernberg
(Linköping University, Sweden)
Williamson’s Argument Against the KK-Principle 157
Murali Ramachandran
(University of Sussex, UK)
Scepticism Versus Dogmatism
Jesper Kallestrup
(University of Edinburgh, UK)
The Oracle Paradox Resolved
Janne Mantykoski
(King’s College London, UK)

PARADOXES OF VAGUENESS AND SPACE

Vagueness, Boundarylessness and Communication
Matthew Carmody
(Richmond-upon-Thames College / King’s College, London, UK)
Higher-Order Vagueness and Paradox: The Glory and Misery of S4 Definiteness
Elia Zardini
(Arché, AHRC Centre for the Philosophy of Logic, Language, Mathematics and Mind, St Andrews University, UK)
Zeno’s Paradoxes. A Cardinal Problem. I. On Zenonian Plurality
Karin Verelst
(FUND-CLEA, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
Basic Problems of the “Achilles and Tortoise” Paradox
Jonas Ciurlionis
(Vilnius University / Vilnius Cooperative College, Lithuania)