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Anchor Books
Language
English
Pages
274

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Subjects
Paradox, Puzzles, Theory of Knowledge, Philosophy, Science, Naturwissenschaften, Paradoxon, Knowledge, theory of

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Labyrinths of reason: paradox, puzzles and the frailty of knowledge
1991, Penguin Books
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Labyrinths of reason: paradox, puzzles, and the frailty of knowledge
1990, Anchor Books
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Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge
December 1, 1989, Anchor
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Labyrinths of reason: paradox, puzzles, and the frailty of knowledge
1988, Anchor Press/Doubleday
in English - 1st ed.
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Labyrinths of reason: paradox, puzzles, and the frailty of knowledge
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Table of Contents

Part One
1. Paradox Page 3
2. Induction: Hempel's Raven Page 24
3. Categories: The Grue-Bleen Paradox Page 44
4. The Unknowable: Nocturnal Doubling Page 59
Part Two
Interlude: The Puzzles of John H. Watson, M.D. Page 81
5. Deduction: The Paradox of the Heap Page 93
6. Belief: The Unexpected Hanging Page 110
7. The Impossible: The Expectancy Paradox Page 126
8. Infinity: The Thomson Lamp Page 143
9. NP-Completeness: The Labyrinth of Ts'ui Pên Page 160
Part Three
10. Meaning: Twin Earth Page 191
11. Mind: Searle's Chinese Room Page 222
12. Omniscience: Newcomb's Paradox Page 239
Bibliography Page 265
Index Page 269

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Bibliography: p. [265]-267.

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165
Library of Congress
BC199.P2 P66 1990, BC199.P2P66 1990

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Paperback
Pagination
ix, 274 p.
Number of pages
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OL2215118M
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0385242719
LCCN
89038240
OCLC/WorldCat
20219990
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25691
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