Michael Huemer: Paradox Lost | Taschenbuch

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Beschreibung

Offers distinctive solutions to the most examined philosophical paradoxes

Preserves classical logic and decision theory in solving these perennial questions

Written in Huemer's famously accessible writing style

Employs the surprising conclusion that most English sentences fail to express propositions

Offers distinctive solutions to the most examined philosophical paradoxes

Preserves classical logic and decision theory in solving these perennial questions

Written in Huemer's famously accessible writing style

Employs the surprising conclusion that most English sentences fail to express propositions

Über den Autor

Michael Huemer is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. He is the author of four other bestselling philosophy books, including The Problem of Political Authority, the winner of the 2013 PROSE Award for philosophy.

Zusammenfassung

Offers distinctive solutions to the most examined philosophical paradoxes

Preserves classical logic and decision theory in solving these perennial questions

Written in Huemer's famously accessible writing style

Employs the surprising conclusion that most English sentences fail to express propositions

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- Part I. Semantic Paradoxes.- 2. The Liar.- 3. The Sorites.- Part II. Paradoxes of Rational Choice.- 4. The Self-Torturer.- 5. Newcomb's Problem.- 6. The Surprise Quiz Paradox.- 7. The Two Envelopes.- Part III. Paradoxes of Probability.- 8. The Principle of Indifference.- 9. The Ravens.- 10. The Shooting Room.- 11. Self-Locating Beliefs.- 12. Concluding Remarks.- Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geisteswissenschaften , Kunst , Musik , Philosophie
Jahrhundert:	Antike
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xxvii 260 S. 20 s/w Illustr. 260 p. 20 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783319904894
ISBN-10:	3319904892
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-3-319-90489-4
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Huemer, Michael
Auflage:	1st edition 2018
Hersteller:	Palgrave Macmillan Springer International Publishing AG
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	210 x 148 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Michael Huemer
Erscheinungsdatum:	09.07.2018
Gewicht:	0,376 kg