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Surveys paradoxes in philosophy, thinking, and language.
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This sentence is false: an introduction to philosophical paradoxes
2009, Continuum
Softcover
in English
1847062199 9781847062192
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Table of Contents
Preface
Page vii
Acknowledgements
Page xi
1.
Welcome to the rational irrational -- how to win, how to starve, and how to pump money
Page 1
2.
Too clever by one half -- or at least one eighth
Page 18
3.
Lather, rinse, repeat -- "repeat" did you say?
Page 34
4.
Infinity: no ends; no beginning -- a flea, fly and bandit
Page 52
5.
Heaps and haze, colours and clocks -- and 1,001 cats
Page 70
6.
Ravens, lotteries -- and a gruesome tale or two
Page 91
7.
Morality and politics -- blackmail, buck-passing and voting
Page 108
8.
Encounters with God -- and his mysterious ways
Page 129
9.
Encounters with ourselves and our mysterious ways -- life, luck and
Page love147
10.
When to stop Appendices Further reading Notes, sources and references Paradoxes purveyed
Page 168
Appendix 1.
Further Readings
Page 193
Appendix 2.
Notes, sources and references
Page 195
Appendix 3.
Paradoxes purveyed
Page 202
Bibliography
Page 205
General Index
Page 211
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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