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Quiz — Paradoxes
Quiz questions:
1. Which paradox arises from the sentence "This sentence is false"?
- a) Russell's paradox
- b) Sorites paradox
- c) Liar paradox
- d) Zeno's paradox
2. The Ship of Theseus is an example of which kind of paradox?
- a) Temporal paradox
- b) Identity paradox
- c) Logical paradox
- d) Decision paradox
3. Which paradox shows that individually rational behaviour can lead to collectively suboptimal outcomes?
- a) Newcomb's paradox
- b) Prisoner's dilemma
- c) Surprise test paradox
- d) Grandfather paradox
4. The sorites paradox (paradox of the heap) mainly concerns:
- a) The limits of formal systems
- b) Problems with self-reference
- c) Vagueness and the fuzzy boundaries of concepts
- d) Temporal causality
5. Which strategy for dealing with the liar paradox was proposed by Alfred Tarski?
- a) Introducing many-valued logic
- b) Distinguishing between object language and metalanguage
- c) Accepting the limits of formal systems
- d) Making vague concepts more precise
Answers:
- c) Liar paradox
- b) Identity paradox
- b) Prisoner's dilemma
- c) Vagueness and the fuzzy boundaries of concepts
- b) Distinguishing between object language and metalanguage