From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In philosophy, an aporia (Ancient Greek: ᾰ̓πορῐ́ᾱ , romanized: aporíā , lit. '”lacking passage”, also: “impasse”, “difficulty in passage”, “puzzlement”‘) is a conundrum or state of puzzlement. In rhetoric, it is a declaration of doubt, made for rhetorical purpose and often feigned. The notion of an aporia is principally found in