Ancient Greek philosophers used paradoxes for all sorts of reasons, from sharpening their dialectical skills and showing philosophical opponents were talking nonsense to serious philosophical inquiry ...

If, of late, you haven’t heard of or read about the Jevons Paradox, you likely will. Named after 19th-century British economist William Stanley Jevons who observed in his 1865 book The Coal Question, ...

Many scientists hold the belief that the paradoxes associated with time travel, which have perplexed thinkers for centuries, can indeed be resolved. This notion arises from various scientific theories ...