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In this course, we will consider a few important paradoxes and potential solutions to them. We will spend a majority of our time on The Liar and the Sorites Paradox, and our goal will be to state these paradoxes clearly and to see if we can solve them, or if we are convinced by any of the solutions that philosophers throughout the ages have proposed. In doing so, we will bump into a number of issues philosophical issues concerning logic and language. We will also take a broader view of the topic, asking what characterizes paradox generally, and why we ought to look for solutions to paradoxes at all. If you like logic, language, puzzles, being puzzled, and thinking deeply, then this is the course for you! No background in philosophy or logic is required or assumed.