aporia

  1. Noun.  (rhetoric) An expression as if of an deliberation with oneself of uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed.(examples-right, sense rhetoric) .
  2. Noun.  (philosophy) An insoluble contradiction in a text's meaning.
  3. Noun.  (philosophy) Any kind of logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker.

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