Paradoxes and Puzzlers
Below you’ll find comic introductions to some famous philosophical paradoxes, brain puzzlers and thought experiments.
What do any of these have to do with critical thinking, you ask?
Well, they’re all arguments, and a big part of critical thinking is learning to read, understand and critically assess arguments. The history of debate over these arguments can function as case studies in argument analysis, criticism and response.
But really … I’m just doing them because I love philosophy and I love to draw! (Do we really need an excuse to do the things we love?)
Hope you enjoy them.
(To the experts: I know that scholars often dispute the original intentions and formulations of some of these arguments. Before I get the inevitable nit-picky emails, I just want to remind you that these are meant to entertain and spark discussion for a general audience, they don’t aim to reflect the best historical scholarship. Also, I’m mainly focusing on motivating the main arguments, not on the (sometimes very long) history of responses to them. That said, if you think I’ve gotten something really wrong, I’m happy to receive feedback.)
Paradoxes of Change
Parmenides:
