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Brief History of the Paradox
Roy A. Sorensen
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Paperback. Covers the entire history of philosophy, from the Greeks, through the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, and the twentieth century, showing how individual philosophers have each grappled with a particular paradox Num Pages: 412 pages, numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 398.
Can God create a stone too heavy for him to lift? Can time have a beginning? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Riddles, paradoxes, conundrums--for millennia the human mind has found such knotty logical problems both perplexing and irresistible. Now Roy Sorensen offers the first narrative history of paradoxes, a fascinating and eye-opening account that extends from the ancient Greeks, through the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, and into the twentieth century. When Augustine asked what God was doing before He made the world, he was told: "Preparing hell for people who ask questions like that." A ... Read more
Can God create a stone too heavy for him to lift? Can time have a beginning? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Riddles, paradoxes, conundrums--for millennia the human mind has found such knotty logical problems both perplexing and irresistible. Now Roy Sorensen offers the first narrative history of paradoxes, a fascinating and eye-opening account that extends from the ancient Greeks, through the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, and into the twentieth century. When Augustine asked what God was doing before He made the world, he was told: "Preparing hell for people who ask questions like that." A ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195179866
SKU
V9780195179866
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About Roy A. Sorensen
Roy Sorensen is Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College.
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