There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book*: A Sourcebook of Philosophical Puzzles, Paradoxes and Problems

by Martin, Robert M.

• ISBN13: 9781551114934
• ISBN10: 1551114933
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Broadview Pr

Summary

Martin provides fascinating discussions of each problem or puzzle, and appends suggestions for further reading. Where the puzzle or problem admits of a right answer, Martin provides it in a separate section. But he also often ends with a question; as this book richly and entertainingly demonstrates, philosophy is as much the search for the right questions as it is for the right answers.There are many new entries in this edition, including "God as the Tortoise on the Bottom," "Free Beer," "How to Win a Camel Anti-Race," "Watch out for Extreme Politeness," and "The Enormous Tiddly-Wink Tournament."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
About this Book
Differences that Make no Difference	p. 1
God	p. 14
Taking Chances	p. 36
Making Choices	p. 49
Logic	p. 69
More Logic	p. 81
Belief, Logic, and Intentions	p. 97
Good and Bad Reasoning	p. 115
Learning from Experience	p. 139
Knowing without Experience	p. 155
Knowing the Future, and Travelling There	p. 179
Thinking, Saying, and Meaning	p. 189
When and Where; You and I	p. 209
Why Should I be Moral?	p. 237
Right and Wrong	p. 253
Law, Action, and Responsibility	p. 284
Jokes and other Aesthetic Matters	p. 306
Deep Thoughts	p. 325
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