Paradoxes, 3rd Edition
$71.20
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
19 February 2009
Summary
Untangling the Knots: A Journey Through Paradox
A paradox can be defined as an unacceptable conclusion derived by apparently acceptable reasoning from apparently acceptable premises. Many paradoxes raise serious philosophical problems, and they are associated with crises of thought and revolutionary advances.
The expanded and revised third edition of this intriguing book considers a range of knotty paradoxes including Zeno’s paradoxical claim that the runner can never overta…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521720793 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0521720796 |
| Author: | R.M. Sainsbury |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 19 February 2009 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 153mm x 10mm |
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Critics Review
‘An engaging and accessible guide through some of the deepest conceptual labyrinths we know. Sainsbury encourages the reader to think with him, always asking questions and pointing out roads not taken. This is the first place I send students who have become puzzled by the liar paradox or the paradox of the heap.’ John McFarlane, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley
About The Author
R.M. Sainsbury
R. M. Sainsbury is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin. He also teaches in the Department of Philosophy, King’s College, London. He was editor of the journal Mind for a decade from 1990 and his many publications include Reference Without Referents (2005, 2007) and Logical Forms, 2nd Edition (2000).
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