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Michael Huemer

Paradox Lost

Logical Solutions to Ten Puzzles of Philosophy

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Paradox Lost covers ten of philosophy's most fascinating paradoxes, in which seemingly compelling reasoning leads to absurd conclusions. The following paradoxes are included: The Liar Paradox, in which a sentence says of itself that it is false. Is the sentence true or false?The Sorites Paradox, in which we imagine removing grains of sand one at a time from a heap of sand. Is there a particular grain whose removal converts the heap to a non-heap?The Puzzle of the Self-Torturer, in which a series of seemingly rational choices has us accepting a life of excruciating pain, in exchange for millions of dollars.Newcomb's Problem, in which we seemin… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-3-319-90489-4
  • EAN: 9783319904894
  • Produktnummer: 27100617
  • Verlag: Springer International Publishing
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
  • Seitenangabe: 288 S.
  • Masse: H21.0 cm x B14.8 cm x D1.5 cm 376 g
  • Auflage: 1st ed. 2018
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 376

Über den Autor


Michael Huemer is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. He is the author of four other bestselling philosophy books, including The Problem of Political Authority, the winner of the 2013 PROSE Award for philosophy.

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