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This essential 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. Clark
discusses each paradox in non-technical terms, considering its significance and
looking at likely solutions. He also includes a full glossary.
Table Of Contents
Foreword to The Second Edition ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Achilles and the Tortoise 1
Allais' Paradox 5
The Paradox of Analysis 9
The Arrow 11
The Barber Shop Paradox 13
Berry's Paradox 18
Bertrand's Box Paradox 20
Bertrand's (Chord) Paradox 22
The Paradox of Blackmail 25
The Bridge 28
Buridan's Ass 30
The Cable Guy Paradox 32
Cantor's Paradox 34
The Paradox of the Charitable Trust 42
The Chicken and the Egg 44
Curry's Paradox 46
The Paradox of Democracy 48
The Designated Student 51
The Paradox of Deterrence 52
The Eclipse Paradox 55
The Paradox of Entailment 58
The Paradox of Fiction 62
The Paradox of Foreknowledge 65
Galileo's Paradox 68
The Gentle Murder Paradox 73
The Paradox of the Gods 75
Grue (Goodman's 'New Riddle of Induction') 77
The Heap 80
Heraclitus' Paradox 88
Heterological 91
Hilbert's Hotel 94
The Indy Paradox 95
The Paradox of Inference 97
The Paradox of Interesting Numbers 100
The Paradox of Jurisdiction 102
The Paradox of Knowability 105
The Knower 107
The Lawyer 109
The Liar 112
The Lottery 120
Lycan's Paradox 124
The Paradox of the Many 125
The Monty Hall Paradox 127
Moore's Paradox 130
Moral Luck 135
The Paradox of the Muddy Children 138
Newcomb's Problem 142
The Numbered Balls 147
The Paradox of Omniscience 149
Paradox 151
The Parrondo Paradox 155
The Placebo Paradox 158
The Paradox of Plurality 160
The Prediction Paradox 164
The Preface 166
The Paradox of Preference 169
Prisoners' Dilemma 172
The Paradox of the Question 176
Quinn's Paradox 179
The Racecourse 181
The Rakehell 183
The Paradox of the Ravens 185
Richard's Paradox 188
Russell's Paradox 190
The St Petersburg Paradox 196
The Self-Amendment Paradox 200
Self-deception 203
Self-fulfilling Belief 207
The Ship of Theseus 209
Simpson's Paradox 212
The Sleeping Beauty 215
The Paradox of Soundness 218
The Spaceship 219
The Toxin Paradox 220
The Paradox of Tragedy 222
The Tristram Shandy 224
The Trojan Fly 225
The Two-envelope Paradox 227
The Unexpected Examination 231
The Paradox of Validity 234
The Paradox of Voting 236
Wang's Paradox 238
The Xenophobic Paradox 239
Yablo's Paradox 242
Zeno's Paradoxes 245
Index 247
Product Details
* ISBN: 0415420830
* ISBN-13: 9780415420839
* Format: Paperback, 256pp
* Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
* Pub. Date: May 2007
* Edition Description: REV
* Edition Number: 2
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