This book, provides a critical approach to all major logical paradoxes: from ancient to contemporary ones. There are four key aims of the book: 1. Providing systematic and historical survey of different approaches - solutions of the most prominent paradoxes discussed in the logical and philosophical literature. 2. Introducing original solutions of major paradoxes like: Liar paradox, Protagoras paradox, an unexpected examination paradox, stone paradox, crocodile, Newcomb paradox. 3. Explaining the far-reaching significance of paradoxes of vagueness and change for philosophy and ontology. 4. Proposing a novel, well justified and, as it seems, natural classification of paradoxes.
| ISBN: | 9789400736382 |
| Publication date: | 2nd August 2013 |
| Author: | Piotr Lukowski |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 165 pages |
| Series: | Trends in Logic |
| Genres: |
Philosophy: logic Philosophy |
This book, provides a critical approach to all major logical paradoxes: from ancient to contemporary ones. There are four key aims of the book: 1.
Paradoxes features in the following genres: Philosophy: logic, Philosophy
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Paradoxes was written by Piotr Lukowski and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands
Paradoxes has 165 pages
Yes it is part of Trends in Logic series