| 书目名称 | Paradox Lost | | 副标题 | Logical Solutions to | | 编辑 | Michael Huemer | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Offers distinctive solutions to the most fascinating philosophical paradoxes.Preserves classical logic and decision theory in solving these perennial questions.Written in Huemer’s famously accessible | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .Paradox Lost. covers ten of philosophy’s most fascinating paradoxes, in which seemingly compelling reasoning leads to absurd conclusions. The following paradoxes are included: ..The Liar Paradox, in which a sentence says of itself that it is false. Is the sentence true or false?.The Sorites Paradox, in which we imagine removing grains of sand one at a time from a heap of sand. Is there a particular grain whose removal converts the heap to a non-heap?.The Puzzle of the Self-Torturer, in which a series of seemingly rational choices has us accepting a life of excruciating pain, in exchange for millions of dollars..Newcomb’s Problem, in which we seemingly maximize our expected profit by taking an unknown sum of money, rather than taking the same sum plus $1000..The Surprise Quiz Paradox, in which a professor finds that it is impossible to give a surprise quiz on any particular day of the week . . . butalso that if this is so, then a surprise quiz can be given on any day..The Two Envelope Paradox, in which we are asked to choose between two indistinguishable envelopes, and it is seemingly shown that each envelope is preferable to the other..The Ravens Paradox, in which observing a purp | | 出版日期 | Book 2018 | | 关键词 | paradoxes; logic; reasoning; semantics; Sorites; Newcomb; intellectual puzzle | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90490-0 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-90489-4 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-90490-0 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 |
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