{"product_id":"9780745649443","title":"Paradoxes","description":"\u003ch3\u003eKey Concepts in Philosophy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eParadoxes\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRoy T. Cook\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Logic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eParadoxes are arguments that lead from apparently true premises, via apparently  uncontroversial reasoning, to a false or even contradictory conclusion.  Paradoxes threaten our basic understanding of central concepts such as space,  time, motion, infinity, truth, knowledge, and belief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this volume Roy  T Cook provides a sophisticated, yet accessible and entertaining, introduction  to the study of paradoxes, one that includes a detailed examination of a wide  variety of paradoxes. The book is organized around four important types of  paradox: the semantic paradoxes involving truth, the set-theoretic paradoxes  involving arbitrary collections of objects, the Soritical paradoxes involving  vague concepts, and the epistemic paradoxes involving knowledge and belief. In  each of these cases, Cook frames the discussion in terms of four different  approaches one might take towards solving such paradoxes. Each chapter concludes  with a number of exercises that illustrate the philosophical arguments and  logical concepts involved in the paradoxes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eParadoxes\u003c\/i\u003e is the  ideal introduction to the topic and will be a valuable resource for scholars and  students in a wide variety of disciplines who wish to understand the important  role that paradoxes have played, and continue to play, in contemporary  philosophy.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoy T. Cook \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department of the University of Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 March 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780745649443\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.34\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380013297804,"sku":"9780745649443","price":21.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780745649443_2c5c345a-8a22-4965-845a-0d20394e6438.jpg?v=1780175164","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780745649443","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}