Paradoxes (Not Only in Natural Sciences) as a Path to Knowledge

Vol.6,No.2(2014)

Michal Černý

https://doi.org/10.5817/ProIn2014-2-3

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Černý, M. (2015). Paradoxes (Not Only in Natural Sciences) as a Path to Knowledge. ProInflow, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.5817/ProIn2014-2-3
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Abstract

This paper discusses the paradox in terms of their value added to the knowledge and testimony of the world. Special attention is placed on the physical and mathematical paradoxes that show be a good motivator change the paradigm of thinking. Paradox is not something really absurd, but it shows the path to knowledge, leading to new approaches to solving the problem.

 

Michal Černý

Kabinet informačních studií a knihovnictví
Filozofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity
Arna Nováka 1
602 00 Brno


Keywords:
information paradox; science; EPR; physics; Bertrand Russell; Kurt Gödel
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