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Paradoxes of Eubulides


The paradoxes of Eubulides are seven logical arguments attributed to Eubulides of Miletus by Diogenes Laertius (1925, Book II, §108). They are the liar (Eubulides paradox), the disguised man, Electra, the veiled man, the sorites paradox, the horned man paradox, and the bald man paradox.

The disguised man, Electra, and the veiled man are variants of the masked man paradox (Hamblin 1970, pp. 89-91), involving the failure to recognize a known person under another description. The bald man paradox is a form of the sorites paradox. Thus the seven historical names do not designate seven unrelated kinds of argument. The Eubulides paradox is specifically the liar argument, not the whole collection.


See also

Bald Man Paradox, Eubulides Paradox, Horned Man Paradox, Masked Man Paradox, Paradox, Sorites Paradox

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References

Diogenes Laertius. Book II, §108 in Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Vol. 1 (Trans. R. D. Hicks). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1925. https://topostext.org/work/221#2.108.Hamblin, C. L. Fallacies. London, England: Methuen, pp. 89-91, 1970.

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