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Surveys paradoxes in philosophy, thinking, and language.

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Continuum
Language
English
Pages
228

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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.

Published in
London, New York
Copyright Date
2009

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Dewey Decimal Class
165
Library of Congress
BC199.P2 C39 2009

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Format
Softcover
Pagination
ix, 219p. cm.
Number of pages
228
Dimensions
20 x 13 x 2 centimeters

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OL23149901M
ISBN 13
9781847062192, 9781847062208
LCCN
2008054316
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8639049
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6729012

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