A paradox's a statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition; or, it can be an apparent contradiction that actually expresses a non-dual truth (cf. Koan, Catuskoti). Typically, either the statements in question don't really imply the contradiction, the puzzling result isn't really a contradiction, or the premises themselves aren't all really true or can't all be true together. The word paradox's often used interchangeably with contradiction.… (More on Paradox)