Paradox
Paradox appears in any context of explanation where two fundamental but contradictory (or contrary) propositions, both well-attested to be true, must be claimed simultaneously to provide a full and adequate account of the phenomenon in question. The nature of light as fully wave and fully particle according to the Copenhagen epistemology of complementarity, or the nature of the person of Jesus Christ as fully God and fully human according to Nicene theology, are both examples of irreducible paradox designed to explain the nature of a given phenomenon.
Bibliography
Loder, James E. and Neidhardt, W. Jim. The Knight's Move: The Relational Logic of the Spirit in Theology and Science. Colorado Springs, CO: Helmers and Howard, 1992.
JAMES E. LODER
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