Kutubuddin Sheikh
Volume-XII, Issue-IV, July 2024
Volume-XII, Issue-IV, July 2024 | ||
Published Online: 31.07.2024 | Page No: 255-260 | |||
Concept of
Eubulides’ Paradoxes: A Brief Analysis
Kutubuddin
Sheikh, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Dhruba Chand Halder
College, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India. | |
Eubulides of Miletus is most famous for inventing forms of seven famous paradoxes. The aim of the research paper is which paradoxes are really paradox among the Eubulides’ seven paradoxes. Seven paradoxes are the liar, the masked man, the Electra, the overlooked man, the heap, the bald man and the horns paradox. These seven paradoxes were reduced to the four types of paradoxes. These are- 1) the liar paradox 2) the hooded man, the unnoticed man, or the Electra paradox 3) The bald man, or the Heap paradox and 4) The Horned man paradox. These four types of paradoxes raise questions about truth or falsity of a statement, know the words, vagueness of a term, presupposition of an argument. My observation is that only two types of paradoxes are real paradoxes among the four paradoxes i.e., the liar paradox and the heap or bald man paradox. So, it can be stated that initially Eubulides’ seven paradoxes are inventive forms of paradox but only two types of paradoxes are important in our day-to-day life. | |
Keywords: Paradox, Truth or Falsity, Know, Vagueness, Presupposition. |