Michael Clark's bestselling Paradoxes from A to Z is lively and refreshing introduction to some of the famous puzzles that have troubled thinkers from Zeno and Galileo to Lewis Carroll and Bertrand Russell. He invites you to ponder Achilles and the Tortoise, The Ship of Theseus, Hempel's Ravens, the Prisoners' Dilemma, The Barber Paradox, and many more. This second edition features ten brain-teasing new paradoxes including the Paradox of Interesting Numbers, the Muddy Children and the Self-Amendment Paradox. Packed full of intriguing conundrums, Paradoxes from A to Z is an ideal introduction to philosophy and perfect for anyone seeking to sharpen up their thinking skills. Book jacket. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Michael Clark is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Foreword to The Second Edition	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgements	xiii
Achilles and the Tortoise	1
Allais' Paradox	5
The Paradox of Analysis	9
The Arrow	11
The Barber Shop Paradox	13
Berry's Paradox	18
Bertrand's Box Paradox	20
Bertrand's (Chord) Paradox	22
The Paradox of Blackmail	25
The Bridge	28
Buridan's Ass	30
The Cable Guy Paradox	32
Cantor's Paradox	34
The Paradox of the Charitable Trust	42
The Chicken and the Egg	44
Curry's Paradox	46
The Paradox of Democracy	48
The Designated Student	51
The Paradox of Deterrence	52
The Eclipse Paradox	55
The Paradox of Entailment	58
The Paradox of Fiction	62
The Paradox of Foreknowledge	65
Galileo's Paradox	68
The Gentle Murder Paradox	73
The Paradox of the Gods	75
Grue (Goodman's 'New Riddle of Induction')	77
The Heap	80
Heraclitus' Paradox	88
Heterological	91
Hilbert's Hotel	94
The Indy Paradox	95
The Paradox of Inference	97
The Paradox of Interesting Numbers	100
The Paradox of Jurisdiction	102
The Paradox of Knowability	105
The Knower	107
The Lawyer	109
The Liar	112
The Lottery	120
Lycan's Paradox	124
The Paradox of the Many	125
The Monty Hall Paradox	127
Moore's Paradox	130
Moral Luck	135
The Paradox of the Muddy Children	138
Newcomb's Problem	142
The Numbered Balls	147
The Paradox of Omniscience	149
Paradox	151
The Parrondo Paradox	155
The Placebo Paradox	158
The Paradox of Plurality	160
The Prediction Paradox	164
The Preface	166
The Paradox of Preference	169
Prisoners' Dilemma	172
The Paradox of the Question	176
Quinn's Paradox	179
The Racecourse	181
The Rakehell	183
The Paradox of the Ravens	185
Richard's Paradox	188
Russell's Paradox	190
The St Petersburg Paradox	196
The Self-Amendment Paradox	200
Self-deception	203
Self-fulfilling Belief	207
The Ship of Theseus	209
Simpson's Paradox	212
The Sleeping Beauty	215
The Paradox of Soundness	218
The Spaceship	219
The Toxin Paradox	220
The Paradox of Tragedy	222
The Tristram Shandy	224
The Trojan Fly	225
The Two-envelope Paradox	227
The Unexpected Examination	231
The Paradox of Validity	234
The Paradox of Voting	236
Wang's Paradox	238
The Xenophobic Paradox	239
Yablo's Paradox	242
Zeno's Paradoxes	245
Index	247

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