Paradoxes from a to z

✍ Scribed by Clark, Michael

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 230
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

✦ Table of Contents

Paradoxes from A to Z......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Achilles and the Tortoise......Page 13
The Paradox of Analysis......Page 17
The Arrow......Page 19
The Barber Shop Paradox (The Paradoxes of Material Implication)......Page 21
Berry's Paradox......Page 26
Bertrand's Box Paradox......Page 28
BertrandÌs (Chord) Paradox......Page 30
The Paradox of Blackmail......Page 33
The Bridge......Page 36
Buridan's Ass......Page 38
Cantor's Paradox......Page 40
Curry's Paradox......Page 48
The Paradox of Democracy......Page 50
The Designated Student......Page 52
The Paradox of Deterrence......Page 53
The Eclipse Paradox......Page 56
The Paradox of Entailment (Paradoxes of Strict Implication)......Page 59
The Paradox of Fiction......Page 63
The Paradox of Foreknowledge......Page 66
Galileo's Paradox......Page 69
The Gentle Murder Paradox (The Good Samaritan)......Page 74
The Paradox of the Gods......Page 76
Grue (Goodman's "New Riddle of Induction")......Page 78
The Heap (The Bald Man, The Sorites, Little- by- little Arguments)......Page 81
Heraclitus' Paradox......Page 89
Heterological (GrellingÌs Paradox, The Grelling's Nelson Paradox)......Page 92
Hilbert's Hotel......Page 95
The Indy Paradox......Page 96
The Paradox of Inference......Page 98
The Paradox of Jurisdiction......Page 101
The Paradox of Knowability......Page 104
The Knower......Page 106
The Lawyer (Euathlus)......Page 108
The Liar (Epimenides' Paradox)......Page 111
The Lottery......Page 119
Lycan's Paradox......Page 123
The Paradox of the Many......Page 124
The Monty Hall Paradox......Page 126
Moore's Paradox......Page 129
Moral Luck......Page 134
Newcomb's Problem......Page 137
The Paradox of Omniscience......Page 142
Paradox......Page 144
The Placebo Paradox......Page 148
The Paradox of Plurality (Extension)......Page 150
The Prediction Paradox......Page 154
The Preface......Page 156
The Paradox of Preference......Page 159
Prisoners' Dilemma......Page 162
The Paradox of the Question......Page 166
QuinnÌs Paradox......Page 169
The Racecourse (Dichotomy, The Runner)......Page 171
The Rakehell......Page 173
The Paradox of the Ravens (Confirmation)......Page 175
Richard's Paradox......Page 178
Russell's Paradox......Page 180
The St Petersburg Paradox......Page 186
Self- deception......Page 190
Self- fulfilling Belief......Page 194
The Ship of Theseus......Page 196
Simpson's Paradox......Page 198
The Sleeping Beauty......Page 202
The Paradox of Soundness......Page 205
The Spaceship......Page 206
The Toxin Paradox......Page 207
The Paradox Of Tragedy (Horror)......Page 209
The Tristram Shandy......Page 211
The Trojan Fly......Page 212
The Two- envelope Paradox (The Exchange Paradox)......Page 214
The Unexpected Examination (The Surprise Examination, The Hangman)......Page 218
The Paradox of Validity (Pseudo- Scotus)......Page 221
Wang's Paradox......Page 223
The Xenophobic Paradox (The Medical Test)......Page 224
Yablo's Paradox......Page 227
Zeno's Paradoxes......Page 230