Description |
1 online resource (233 pages) |
Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 The nature o f paradox; 2 Paradox and contradiction; 3 Believing in surprises: the prediction paradox; 4 The preface paradox, fallibility and probability; 5 The lottery paradox; 6 Newcomb's problem; 7 The prisoner's dilemma; 8 The sorites paradox; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
Paradoxes are more than just intellectual puzzles - they raise substantive philosophical issues and offer the promise of increased philosophical knowledge. In this introduction to paradox and paradoxes, Doris Olin shows how seductive paradoxes can be, why they confuse and confound, and why they continue to fascinate. Olin examines the nature of paradox, outlining a rigorous definition and providing a clear and incisive statement of what does and does not count as a resolution of a paradox. The view that a statement can be both true and false, that contradictions can be true, is seen to provide |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Paradox.
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Logic.
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Logic
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Paradox
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781317489238 |
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1317489233 |
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