aporia

Definitions


[əˈpɒrɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in a text, argument, or theory
(e.g: the celebrated aporia whereby a Cretan declares all Cretans to be liars)


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Origin:
mid 16th century: via late Latin from Greek, from aporos ‘impassable’, from a- ‘without’ + poros ‘passage’




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