Research Group
in Analytic Philosophy

Abstract

In the first part of the talk, we will discuss an argument that shows that if something is, apparently (in a sense to be discussed), a paradox, then it is in fact a paradox. We will not defend that this argument works in general, but only under certain conditions, which will be carefully examined. In the second part of the talk, we will apply our results to a recent debate regarding the so-called ‘Problem of Change’. Throughout the history of philosophy, many authors have thought that change is a paradoxical phenomenon. Recently, a number of philosophers have defended that the Problem of Change is not a paradox; to wit, it can be dissolved (see, especially, Rychter 2009, Hofweber 2009 and Einheuser 2012). In this second part of the talk, we will argue that the Problem of Change is an apparent paradox and that the aforementioned conditions are fulfilled in this case and that, accordingly, the Problem of Change is a paradox.