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" Paradox lost : "
Michael Huemer.
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560537
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b389606
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Michael Huemer
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Paradox lost : : logical solutions to ten puzzles of philosophy\ Michael Huemer.
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Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan,, [2018]
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xxvii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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3319904892
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: 9783319904894
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Introduction -- Part I. Semantic paradoxes -- The liar -- The sorites -- Part II. Paradoxes of rational choice -- The self-torturer -- Newcomb's problem -- The surprise quiz -- The two envelopes -- Part III. Paradoxes of probability -- The principle of indifference -- The ravens -- The shooting room -- Self-locating beliefs -- Concluding remarks.
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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 removalParadox 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 removalParadox 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",,,,,"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 seemingly maximize our expected profit by taking an unknown sum of money, rather than taking the same sum plus
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