DT. Speaking of Self-reference
We catch up with Raymond Smullyan, author of many fantastic books on logic, puzzles and paradoxes at this year’s Gathering for Gardner!
April 14, 2008 · guests, logic, math puzzles, paradoxes, The Mathcast · Permalink
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We catch up with Raymond Smullyan, author of many fantastic books on logic, puzzles and paradoxes at this year’s Gathering for Gardner!
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DougM said,
April 14, 2008 at 11:56 am
While it is not possible to have two Docks in the universe, we know that there can occur more than one Doctor in an office. So, is the existence of a Pair-of-Docs being inconsistent with the exclusion of a Pair-of-Docks itself a paradox?