Paradoxes from A to Z
- ISBN-10
- 0415228085
- ISBN-13
- 9780415228084
- Series
- Paradoxes from A to Z
- Category
- Paradox
- Pages
- 218
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Author
- Michael Clark
Description
This guide to paradoxes takes the reader on a lively tour of puzzles that have taxed thinkers from Zeno to Galileo and Lewis Carroll to Bertrand Russell. Michael Clark uncovers an array of conundrums, such as Achilles and the Tortoise, Theseus' Ship, Hempel's Raven, and the Prisoners' Dilemma, taking in subjects as diverse as knowledge, ethics, science, art and politics.
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