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Paradoxes

Paperback • 2009 • English • 3. edition

Paradoxes

By R. M. Sainsbury

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About the book

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 overtake the tortoise, a new chapter on paradoxes about morals, paradoxes a...Show more

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9780521720793

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

2009

Language

English

Edition

3

Original title

Paradoxes

Format

Paperback

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