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Michael Clark
ISBN: 9780415420839
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
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Michael Clark's bestselling Paradoxes from A to Z is a lively and refreshing introduction to some of the famous puzzles that have troubled thinkers from Zeno and Galileo to Lewis Carroll and Bertrand Russell. He invites you to ponder Achilles and the Tortoise, The Ship of Theseus, Hempel's Ravens, the Prisoners' Dilemma, The Barber Paradox, and many more. This second edition features ten brain…
This updated second edition is the essential guide to paradoxes and takes the reader on a lively tour of puzzles that have taxed thinkers from Zeno to Galileo and Lewis Carroll to Bertrand Russell. Michael Clark uncovers an array of conundrums, such as Achilles and the Tortoise, Theseus' Ship and the Prisoners' Dilemma, taking in subjects as diverse as knowledge, ethics, science, art and politics. Clark discusses each paradox in non-technical terms, considering its significance and looking at likely solutions. Including a full glossary, Paradoxes from A to Z is a refreshing alternative to traditional philosophical introductions.
| ISBN | 0415420830 | | Pages | 272 | | ISBN13 | 9780415420839
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 356 | | Imprint | Routledge | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780415228091 | | Publication date | 10 Apr 2007 | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Library of Congress | 2007015371 | | Width (mm) | 138 | | DEWEY | 165 | | Spine width (mm) | 21 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Achilles and the tortoise | | 1 | | | | Allais' paradox | | 5 | | | | The paradox of analysis | | 9 | | | | The arrow | | 11 | | | | The barber shop paradox | | 13 | | | | Berry's paradox | | 18 | | | | Bertrand's box paradox | | 20 | | | | Bertrand's (chord) paradox | | 22 | | | | The paradox of blackmail | | 25 | | | | The bridge | | 28 | | | | Buridan's ass | | 30 | | | | The cable guy paradox | | 32 | | | | Cantor's paradox | | 34 | | | | The paradox of the charitable trust | | 42 | | | | The chicken and the egg | | 44 | | | | Curry's paradox | | 46 | | | | The paradox of democracy | | 48 | | | | The designated student | | 51 | | | | The paradox of deterrence | | 52 | | | | The eclipse paradox | | 55 | | | | The paradox of entailment | | 58 | | | | The paradox of fiction | | 62 | | | | The paradox of foreknowledge | | 65 | | | | Galileo's paradox | | 68 | | | | The gentle murder paradox | | 73 | | | | The paradox of the gods | | 75 | | | | Grue (Goodman's 'new riddle of induction') | | 77 | | | | The heap | | 80 | | | | Heraclitus' paradox | | 88 | | | | Heterological | | 91 | | | | Hilbert's hotel | | 94 | | | | The Indy paradox | | 95 | | | More... | | |
'Self-contained courses in paradox are not usually taught as part of a philosophy degree. There is good reason for thinking they should be, and this book would make the ideal text for just such a course.' -- Times Higher Education Supplement 'Clark's survey is an entertaining junkshop of mind-troubling problems.' -- The Guardian  Be the first to write a customer review
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