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Is this an example of a paradox?

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It is not just a yard. It is like an extended living room

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  1. Well sort of......I am not sure.....

    A paradox is a true statement but somewhat contradicts itself.

    If it was an extended living room, it would not be a yard. But then again, some yards are really small. If the yard is really big.....then I would say it's a paradox.


  2. No, a paradox is a statement that seems to contradict itself. For example: If we want peace, we must prepare for war.

    Your sentences are just descriptive, not a paradox.  

  3. almost...let's try :

    It wasn't a yard, it was a living room with a grass carpet..

    this is a paradox by being a contradictory statement that is true.

  4. I don't think that is a paradox. Something like is this is though:

    I am lying.

    Because if you were lying then you would be telling the truth, but then you would be lying so it goes on forever.

  5. a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true b: a self-contradictory statement that at first seems true c: an argument that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises.  

    So yes, I would say that your example is a paradox.

  6. No.

    A paradox requires a contradiction.

    1.  Its not just a yard.

    there is no closed definition of "just".  What exactly would "just a yard" be?  The opposite "it IS just a yard" could provoke the response, "you mean without ANY unique properties or characteristics?"  Obviously any real physical yard must be unique in a large number of ways, if we chose to examine it in microscopic detail.  So, we conclude that "just a yard" is semantically ambiguous even in most contexts it is used in.

    2.  It is like...

    there is no closed definition of "like"  See comments above.  "Like" is clearly semantically ambiguous. Cold is like hot.  True is like False.

    can the truth value of these two statements be decided?  Obviously not.

    No truth value hence no paradox.

  7. I dont think so.  
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