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Presents puzzles that deal with philosophical dilemmas such as whether gender equality is possible, the definition of love, and when action trumps intention.
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What's wrong with eating people: 33 more perplexing philosophy puzzles
2008, Oneworld
in English
1851686207 9781851686209
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Table of Contents
On thinking too much : how not to win a princess's hand
On the run : all's fair with bears?
A pill for everything?
In no time at all
Man with pulley : waving or drowning?
"Hi, I'm Sir Isaac Newton : don't mention the apples"
Should we save the jerboa?
When one makes two : dressing up
The life model : beauty, burglars, and beholders
An offer you can only refuse
Slothful Sloth speaks : "What will be, will be"
"Women and men are equal" : really?
Humpty Dumpty advises Ms. Turkey
Man or sheep?
And the living is easy
"My beloved is mine," or "The trouble with football is the other team"
God, chocolate, and Newcomb : take the box?
The brain
What's wrong with eating people? or even, Who's for dinner?
How to gain whatever you want
"I am the greatest," or "There ain't no Sanity Claus"
Veils of woe : beats and peeping Toms, too
Paintings, within and without
The unobtainable : when "yes" means "no"
Past caring?
Beauty awake
The greatest miracle?
Cocktails, rivers, and Sir John Cutler's stockings
Hove and late : a gruesome affair
If this be judging
Do we make the stars?
Without end?
Fragile creatures that we are
Appendix 1: Further reading
Appendix 2: Notes, sources, and references
Appendix 3: Paradoxes and puzzles : a quick finder.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
committed to retain 20160630 20310630 EAST http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials This title retained by Wesleyan University Library on behalf of the Eastern Academic Scholars Trust (EAST) print archive
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