Paradoxes /

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Author / Creator:	Sainsbury, R. M. (Richard Mark)
Edition:	3rd ed.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2009.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 182 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Paradox. Paradoxes. Paradox. Paradoxes.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11824133

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ISBN:	9780511650352 0511650353 9780511812576 0511812574 9780521896320 0521896320 9780521720793 0521720796
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-178) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"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 about belief, and hardest of all, paradoxes about truth. The discussion uses a minimum of technicality but also grapples with complicated and difficult considerations, and is accompanied by helpful questions designed to engage the reader with the arguments. The result is not only an explanation of paradoxes but also an excellent introduction to philosophical thinking."--Jacket
Other form:	Print version: Sainsbury, R.M. (Richard Mark). Paradoxes. 3rd ed. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2009 9780521896320
Standard no.:	9786612390708

Table of Contents:

Zeno's paradoxes : space, time, and motion
Moral paradoxes
Vagueness : the paradox of the heap
Acting rationally
Believing rationally
Classes and truth
Are any contradictions acceptable?