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'Peter Cave takes us on an edifying tour through the world of paradoxes, and there is much to be learned, as well as much enjoyment to be had, in the process.' --Adrian W. Moore, University of Oxford, UK
'Full of intriguing philosophical puzzles ... Paradoxes may seem trivial at first glance, but further thought reveals them to be challenges to some of our most fundamental beliefs and preconceptions. Peter Cave entertainingly escorts the reader through a great variety of these fascinating puzzles, shining light that is fresh and bright.' --Laurence Goldstein, University of Kent, UK
'This is a truly wonderful book. The topic is tough, but Peter Cave brings it to life. He manages to give new insights on old topics, which is itself remarkable, and he also brings in plenty of less familiar topics ... All in all, it is a joy to see such cleverness and clarity of thought coexisting with such an easy (and light and amusing) writing style.' --Professor Imre Leader, Cambridge University, UK
'Full of intriguing philosophical puzzles ... Paradoxes may seem trivial at first glance, but further thought reveals them to be challenges to some of our most fundamental beliefs and preconceptions. Peter Cave entertainingly escorts the reader through a great variety of these fascinating puzzles, shining light that is fresh and bright.' --Laurence Goldstein, University of Kent, UK
'This is a truly wonderful book. The topic is tough, but Peter Cave brings it to life. He manages to give new insights on old topics, which is itself remarkable, and he also brings in plenty of less familiar topics ... All in all, it is a joy to see such cleverness and clarity of thought coexisting with such an easy (and light and amusing) writing style.' --Professor Imre Leader, Cambridge University, UK
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'Full of intriguing philosophical puzzles ... Paradoxes may seem trivial at first glance, but further thought reveals them to be challenges to some of our most fundamental beliefs and preconceptions. Peter Cave entertainingly escorts the reader through a great variety of these fascinating puzzles, shining light that is fresh and bright.'
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My husband gave me What's Wrong with Eating People?: 33 More Perplexing Philosophy Puzzles as a birthday present to try and get me into philosophy a bit.
I found it all fascinating so thought I'd try the next level up as it were with This Sentence is False.
Once again I'm totally hooked, though have to confess I am finding Infinity a bit hard going! Will persist though -and am really getting into the Morality Paradoxes.
I found it all fascinating so thought I'd try the next level up as it were with This Sentence is False.
Once again I'm totally hooked, though have to confess I am finding Infinity a bit hard going! Will persist though -and am really getting into the Morality Paradoxes.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This short (200 page) book provides a readable introduction to the world of philosophical paradoxes. If you are new to philosophy, or at least to this aspect of it, this book will give you a good basic grounding. Purely logical paradoxes are well-represented, as well as those touching on ethical, political, scientific and even psychological matters. The mathematical paradoxes posed by the likes of Russell and Cantor are well presented..... which doesn't mean that they won't still make your head hurt! Most of the 'classic' paradoxes- those of Zeno from antiquity, Russell's Barber Paradox, Prisoner's Dilemma, and so on- are present and correct, clearly set forth and wittily explored. As with this author's other books, the writing style is light and self-deprecating but- it should be noted- the level of intellectual engagement required of the reader is a bit higher than in his various 'puzzle' books: whereas the latter are largely accessible to bright secondary-school kids, the present title is really more suitable for adults or undergraduates.... assuming those two groups to be mutually exclusive. ;) There was the odd place where I thought Dr Cave's analysis was questionable- not in the sense of being 'wrong', but simply in that I thought there were other logical options available in trying to resolve the paradox under discussion. However, if you read a book like this expecting to be handed all the answers on a place you will, inevitably, be disappointed- these are, after all, paradoxes! But even where neither the author nor the reader can fathom a satisfactory solution, intellectual entertainment is still on offer. Few books will stir you into deep thought more readily than this one, and there is a good bibliography provided for those who are tempted to explore further.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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On how many occasions can one say that philosophy is highly entertaining? This book manages to discuss very complex ideas in a clear, amusing, and thought provoking way. Most of the chapters tackle a broadly defined `classic' area, such as morality, inductive reasoning, and infinity, and within this area alight on some of the key philosophical questions, puzzles, and paradoxes. Where there are clear answers, Cave gives them, where there are no clear answers, he is content to leave us in enlightened perplexity rather than false certainty - in either event much light is shed on the issues.
In the last two chapters, Cave tackles the puzzles that don't fit so neatly into categories, but this, for me, provides perhaps the most rewarding part of the book; here we get fascinating discussions of everything from love, and the meaning of life, to the (real?) emotions we have towards things that don't exist - fictions.
I agree with other reviewers that this book is more advanced than his earlier ones, but whether you want to start here or not is really a matter of whether you like to jump in more towards the deep end rather than the shallows. If you are unsure, why not ty out a few pages from this in a real bookshop?!
In the last two chapters, Cave tackles the puzzles that don't fit so neatly into categories, but this, for me, provides perhaps the most rewarding part of the book; here we get fascinating discussions of everything from love, and the meaning of life, to the (real?) emotions we have towards things that don't exist - fictions.
I agree with other reviewers that this book is more advanced than his earlier ones, but whether you want to start here or not is really a matter of whether you like to jump in more towards the deep end rather than the shallows. If you are unsure, why not ty out a few pages from this in a real bookshop?!
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