>aporia [aporia]
>
>Greek term for a difficulty or puzzle (literally, "with no pathway").
>Aristotle commonly used this term to signify a group of individually
>plausible but collectively inconsistent statements. The reconciliation of
>such statements by considering alternative solutions, he supposed, is the
>chief business of philosophy.
according to a certain Prof Garth Kemerling, Newberry College, SC
http://www.philosophypages.com/
Chris Burford