Electra paradox
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The Electra paradox is an ancient Greek logical puzzle, attributed to Eubulides of Miletus, that explores issues of identity and recognition through the scenario of Electra failing to recognize her own brother Orestes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Electra paradox canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek paradox
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logical paradox ⓘ philosophical puzzle ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Eubulides of Miletus ⓘ |
| concernsRelation |
“is identical with”
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“knows” ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| documentedIn | later reports on Eubulides’ paradoxes ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
cognitive failure of recognition
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identity ⓘ knowledge ⓘ recognition ⓘ reference ⓘ self-identity ⓘ |
| hasExampleFormulation | Electra knows her brother; this man is her brother; Electra does not know this man ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| hasScenario | Electra fails to recognize her brother Orestes ⓘ |
| hasSetting | meeting between Electra and Orestes ⓘ |
| hasSourceTradition | ancient doxographical reports ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
ambiguity of proper names
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difference between knowing a person and recognizing a person ⓘ failure of knowledge under different descriptions ⓘ logical puzzles about knowledge ascriptions ⓘ |
| illustratesProblem |
failure of Leibniz’s law in epistemic contexts
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substitution of co-referential terms in belief contexts ⓘ |
| influenced |
later discussions of epistemic paradoxes
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modern treatments of the masked man puzzle ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Electra
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Orestes ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Electra ⓘ |
| partOf | list of paradoxes attributed to Eubulides ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Megarian school ⓘ |
| questionRaised |
how one can know a person under one description but not another
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whether knowledge is closed under identity substitution ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
epistemic logic
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hooded man paradox ⓘ intensional contexts ⓘ liar paradox ⓘ masked man fallacy ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ problems of substitutivity of identicals ⓘ sorites paradox ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| usedIn |
analyses of ancient logic
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discussions of reference and description ⓘ teaching introductory logic ⓘ |
| usesCharacterFrom | Greek mythology ⓘ |
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