Labyrinths of reason
Subtitle: paradox, puzzles, and the frailty of knowledge
By: William Poundstone.
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Paradox; Puzzles; Knowledge, Theory of
Notes: Bibliography: p. [265]-267.
Table of contents: title: Part One; label: 1
title: Paradox
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: Induction: Hempel's Raven
pagenum: 24; label: 3
title: Categories: The Grue-Bleen Paradox
pagenum: 44; label: 4
title: The Unknowable: Nocturnal Doubling
pagenum: 59; title: Part Two; title: Interlude: The Puzzles of John H. Watson, M.D.
pagenum: 81; label: 5
title: Deduction: The Paradox of the Heap
pagenum: 93; label: 6
title: Belief: The Unexpected Hanging
pagenum: 110; label: 7
title: The Impossible: The Expectancy Paradox
pagenum: 126; label: 8
title: Infinity: The Thomson Lamp
pagenum: 143; label: 9
title: NP-Completeness: The Labyrinth of Ts'ui Pên
pagenum: 160; title: Part Three; label: 10
title: Meaning: Twin Earth
pagenum: 191; label: 11
title: Mind: Searle's Chinese Room
pagenum: 222; label: 12
title: Omniscience: Newcomb's Paradox
pagenum: 239; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 265; title: Index
pagenum: 269