Description
Book Synopsis* This is the next book in the Key Concepts in Philosophy series focusing on the core and difficult topic of paradoxes. * An accessible and entertaining introduction to the study of paradoxes, in which the author provides a detailed examination of a wide variety of paradoxes.
Trade Review"The Liar Paradox and the Sorites Paradox were discovered by the Ancient Greek thinker Eubulides. Two and a half thousand years later, we have a much deeper understanding of these paradoxes, their neighbours, and their importance, but there is still no consensus on how they should be solved. Roy Cook’s book explains current thinking on these matters in a clear, knowledgeable, and easy-going way. He has fashioned an excellent introduction to this intriguing area of thought."
Graham Priest, University of Melbourne
"Paradoxes can be the springboard of profound discovery. This book presents paradoxes that matter, and explains why and how they matter. And the book does it all in a user-friendly style that's enjoyable to read. And what's more: the book is reliable, written by one of the leading researchers on the topic. This book is henceforth on my list of required readings for anyone looking to study the philosophy of logic or the interplay of paradoxes, logic, and philosophy generally. It's a great accomplishment by one of today's exciting philosophers."
JC Beall, University of Connecticut
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments viii
Introduction 1
1 The Care and Feeding of your New Paradoxes 9
2 The Truth about Truth 30
3 The Title of this Chapter Will Have its Revenge 62
4 Some Collections are Bigger and Badder than Others 91
5 Bald, Not Bald, and Kinda Bald 128
6 What We Know about What We Know 156
Conclusion: Many Paradoxes, One Solution? 186
References 197
Index 203
