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Felix Flicker
The Puzzling Paradoxes of Modern Physics
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ParadoxesTwo lines of seemingly-sound reasoning, following from seemingly-valid premises,
lead to an apparent contradiction
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ParadoxesTwo lines of seemingly-sound reasoning, following from seemingly-valid premises,
lead to an apparent contradiction
Veridical Falsidical
Antinomy
YIELDS A FALSEHOODYIELDS A TRUTH
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ParadoxesTwo lines of seemingly-sound reasoning, following from seemingly-valid premises,
lead to an apparent contradiction
Veridical Falsidical
Antinomy
YIELDS A FALSEHOOD
Dialetheia
YIELDS A TRUTH
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Veridical Paradoxes
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Hilbert's Paradox of the Grand Hotel
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Hilbert's Paradox of the Grand Hotel
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Erwin Schrödinger
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Erwin Schrödinger
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stable unstable
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Gömböc
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Gömböc Indian Star Tortoise
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Falsidical Paradoxes
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Albert Einstein Boris Podolsky Nathan Rosen
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Penrose Stairs Penrose Triangle
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Antinomy
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Dialetheia
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Korean Dharma Combat Koans
(from Ten Gates, The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn)
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Korean Dharma Combat Koans
(from Ten Gates, The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn)
Master
Student
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Korean Dharma Combat Koans
(from Ten Gates, The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn)
Master
Student
What is the way of Nam Cheon?
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Korean Dharma Combat Koans
(from Ten Gates, The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn)
Master
Student
What is the way of Nam Cheon?
This sickle cost me thirty cents!
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Korean Dharma Combat Koans
(from Ten Gates, The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn)
Master
Student
What is the way of Nam Cheon?
This sickle cost me thirty cents!
I didn't ask you about your sickle!
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Korean Dharma Combat Koans
(from Ten Gates, The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn)
Master
Student
What is the way of Nam Cheon?
This sickle cost me thirty cents!
I didn't ask you about your sickle!
The dog runs after the bone.
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Korean Dharma Combat Koans
(from Ten Gates, The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn)
Master
Student
What is the way of Nam Cheon?
This sickle cost me thirty cents!
I didn't ask you about your sickle!
The dog runs after the bone.
Is this correct?
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Korean Dharma Combat Koans
(from Ten Gates, The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn)
Master
Student
What is the way of Nam Cheon?
This sickle cost me thirty cents!
I didn't ask you about your sickle!
The dog runs after the bone.
Is this correct?
A second offence is not permitted.
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Korean Dharma Combat Koans
(from Ten Gates, The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn)
Master
Student
What is the way of Nam Cheon?
This sickle cost me thirty cents!
I didn't ask you about your sickle!
The dog runs after the bone.
Is this correct?
A second offence is not permitted.
Oh, Wonderful!
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Niels Bohr
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ParadoxesYIELDS A
FALSEHOODY
IELDS
ATRUT
H
Veridical Falsidical
Antinomy
Dialetheia
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Thanks for listening!
Jenny Steer for photographing the Exeter Book
Stuart MacWilliam, Assistant Librarian, Exeter Cathedral Library
Megan Cavell for translating Exeter Book passages
David Beadle, Jack Winter, Leo Tarasov, John Holme, John Hannay, and James Arnold for many helpful discussions
Many thanks to:
Nick Diao for calculating the double pendulum solution