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A Cabinet of Philosophical Curiosities
Roy Sorensen
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Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 250.
If you want to learn how to conform to confound, raze hopes, succeed your successor, order absence in the absence of order, win by losing and think contrapositively, look no further. Here you can unlock the secrets of Plato's void, Wittgenstein's investigations, Schopenhauer's intelligence test, Voltaire's big bet, Russell's slip of the pen and lobster logic. Among your discoveries will be why the egg came before the chicken, what the dishwasher missed and just what it was that made Descartes disappear. Experience the unbearable lightness of logical conclusions in Professor Sorensen's intriguing cabinet of riddles, ... Read more
If you want to learn how to conform to confound, raze hopes, succeed your successor, order absence in the absence of order, win by losing and think contrapositively, look no further. Here you can unlock the secrets of Plato's void, Wittgenstein's investigations, Schopenhauer's intelligence test, Voltaire's big bet, Russell's slip of the pen and lobster logic. Among your discoveries will be why the egg came before the chicken, what the dishwasher missed and just what it was that made Descartes disappear. Experience the unbearable lightness of logical conclusions in Professor Sorensen's intriguing cabinet of riddles, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
250g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846685224
SKU
V9781846685224
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About Roy Sorensen
Roy Sorensen never told you that he is the son of Ted Sorensen, President Kennedy's speech writer and confidant. For it is not true. Roy Sorensen is a professor of philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of Seeing Dark Things; A Brief History of the Paradox; Thought Experiments; and Blindspots.
Reviews for A Cabinet of Philosophical Curiosities
A dizzying, surprising and amusing compendium of fascinating and odd examples of logic.
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