Overview
- First book where the classification of paradoxes is based upon their essence, i.e. the problem being the core of the paradox
- First presentation of simple and natural solution of the Liar Paradox
- First publication of new and simple solutions of the following paradoxes: Protagoras, Newcomb, stone, crocodile, unexpected examination
- The book applies logical criteria in solving philosophical problems.
- The book shows the impossibility of adequate and precise expression of the world in language
- Presents new solutions of the most notorious logical problems, frequently called insoluble ones
Part of the book series: Trends in Logic (TREN, volume 31)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book, provides a critical approach to all major logical paradoxes: from ancient to contemporary ones. There are four key aims of the book: 1. Providing systematic and historical survey of different approaches – solutions of the most prominent paradoxes discussed in the logical and philosophical literature. 2. Introducing original solutions of major paradoxes like: Liar paradox, Protagoras paradox, an unexpected examination paradox, stone paradox, crocodile, Newcomb paradox. 3. Explaining the far-reaching significance of paradoxes of vagueness and change for philosophy and ontology. 4. Proposing a novel, well justified and, as it seems, natural classification of paradoxes.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“Piotr Łukowski’s Paradoxes is an abridged, revised and translated version of a book written in Polish … . As a source of paradoxes and arguments related to them, the book is highly valuable. … Łukowski often develops his analyses carefully. In his book he not only gathers the paradoxes … but also presents a rather unified and interesting view on them. It is definitely a good read.” (Rafal Urbaniak, Studia Logica, Vol. 101, 2013)Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Piotr Lukowski is the Head of the Department of Cognitive Science at the Institute of Psychology, University of Lodz. He was visiting scholar in the Imperial College of London (1993), at the University of Warwick in Coventry (1993), Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) (1995-97, Japan), Université de Nantes (1998-1999, France). In 1993-94 and between 1998 and 2007, Piotr Lukowski was the editor of the journal ''Bulletin of the Section of Logic''.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Paradoxes
Authors: Piotr Łukowski
Series Title: Trends in Logic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1476-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-1475-5Published: 03 June 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3638-2Published: 02 August 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-1476-2Published: 02 June 2011
Series ISSN: 1572-6126
Series E-ISSN: 2212-7313
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 196
Additional Information: Translation from Polish, previously published as: Paradoksy, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Lodzkiego, Losz, 2006, 259p.
Topics: Logic, Philosophy, general