ID - 78951505 TI - Paradoxes PY - 2009 SN - 9780521720793 9780521896320 9780511812576 9780511650352 0511650353 0511812574 0521896320 0521720796 0511738625 1107201683 0511532571 0511531664 0511533489 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Theory of knowledge KW - Paradox. KW - Paradoxes. KW - Figures of speech KW - Logic KW - Contradiction KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78951505 AB - A paradox can be defined as an unacceptable conclusion derived by apparently acceptable reasoning from apparently acceptable premises. Many paradoxes raise serious philosophical problems, and they are associated with crises of thought and revolutionary advances. The expanded and revised third edition of this intriguing book considers a range of knotty paradoxes including Zeno's paradoxical claim that the runner can never overtake the tortoise, a new chapter on paradoxes about morals, paradoxes about belief, and hardest of all, paradoxes about truth. The discussion uses a minimum of technicality but also grapples with complicated and difficult considerations, and is accompanied by helpful questions designed to engage the reader with the arguments. The result is not only an explanation of paradoxes but also an excellent introduction to philosophical thinking. ER -