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A BRIEF HISTORYof theParadoxPHILOSOPHY AND THELABYRINTHS OF THE MINDRoy Sorensen2003
Oxford New YorkAuckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town ChennaiDar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi KolkataKuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai NairobiSão Paulo Shanghai Taipei Tokyo TorontoCopyright © 2003 by Oxford University Press, Inc.Published by Oxford University Press, Inc.198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016www.oup.comOxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University PressAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, storedin a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means,electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without theprior permission of Oxford University Press.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataSorensen, Roy. A.A brief history of the paradox: philosophy and the labyrinthsof the mind/ Roy Sorensen.p. cm.Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN 0-19-515903-91. Paradox. 2. Paradoxes. I. Title.BC199.P2S67 2003165—dc21 2003048631Permission to print V. Alan White’s “Antimony” kindly granted by the author.Book design by planettheo.com9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1Printed in the United States of Americaon acid-free paper
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Page 12 and 13: PrefaceMathematicians characterize
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PARMENIDES ON WHAT IS NOT 35Odysseu
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PARMENIDES ON WHAT IS NOT 37“Nobo
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PARMENIDES ON WHAT IS NOT 39tendenc
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PARMENIDES ON WHAT IS NOT 41Clinton
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PARMENIDES ON WHAT IS NOT 43cal abs
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SOCRATES: THE PARADOX OF INQUIRY 59
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S I XThe MegarianIdentity CrisisEuc
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THE MEGARIAN IDENTITY CRISIS 73Plat
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THE MEGARIAN IDENTITY CRISIS 75to l
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THE MEGARIAN IDENTITY CRISIS 77soul
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THE MEGARIAN IDENTITY CRISIS 79lear
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THE MEGARIAN IDENTITY CRISIS 81A =
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S E V E NEubulides and thePolitics
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EUBULIDES AND THE POLITICS OF THE L
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A FOOTNOTE TO “PLATO” 101becaus
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A FOOTNOTE TO “PLATO” 103human
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A FOOTNOTE TO “PLATO” 105tion o
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A FOOTNOTE TO “PLATO” 107Jumble
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A FOOTNOTE TO “PLATO” 109in the
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A FOOTNOTE TO “PLATO” 111refute
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A FOOTNOTE TO “PLATO” 113Graham
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A FOOTNOTE TO “PLATO” 115to me
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ARISTOTLE ON FATALISM 117Fig. 9.1pa
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ARISTOTLE ON FATALISM 119shooting u
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ARISTOTLE ON FATALISM 1214. Therefo
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ARISTOTLE ON FATALISM 123the Megari
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ARISTOTLE ON FATALISM 125Socrates w
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ARISTOTLE ON FATALISM 127not have r
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ARISTOTLE ON FATALISM 129THE MORAL
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CHRYSIPPUS ON PEOPLE PARTS 131Fig.
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CHRYSIPPUS ON PEOPLE PARTS 133The h
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CHRYSIPPUS ON PEOPLE PARTS 135creat
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CHRYSIPPUS ON PEOPLE PARTS 137belon
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CHRYSIPPUS ON PEOPLE PARTS 139claim
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CHRYSIPPUS ON PEOPLE PARTS 141insta
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CHRYSIPPUS ON PEOPLE PARTS 143The s
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CHRYSIPPUS ON PEOPLE PARTS 145reass
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CHRYSIPPUS ON PEOPLE PARTS 147In Na
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SEXTUS EMPIRICUS AND THE INFINITE R
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T H I R T E E NAquinas: Can God Hav
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F O U R T E E NOckham andthe Insolu
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OCKHAM AND THE INSOLUBILIA 189merel
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OCKHAM AND THE INSOLUBILIA 191WHAT
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OCKHAM AND THE INSOLUBILIA 193Suppo
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OCKHAM AND THE INSOLUBILIA 195was l
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OCKHAM AND THE INSOLUBILIA 197With
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OCKHAM AND THE INSOLUBILIA 199of th
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BURIDAN’S SOPHISMS 201Buridan ban
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BURIDAN’S SOPHISMS 203recover the
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BURIDAN’S SOPHISMS 205respondent
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BURIDAN’S SOPHISMS 207BURIDAN’S
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BURIDAN’S SOPHISMS 209shows that
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BURIDAN’S SOPHISMS 211invalid bec
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BURIDAN’S SOPHISMS 213ers turned
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BURIDAN’S SOPHISMS 215The circumn
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PASCAL’S IMPROBABLE CALCULATIONS
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HUME’S ALL-CONSUMING IDEAS 253Hum
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HUME’S ALL-CONSUMING IDEAS 257gen
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HUME’S ALL-CONSUMING IDEAS 259Loc
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HUME’S ALL-CONSUMING IDEAS 261Whe
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HUME’S ALL-CONSUMING IDEAS 263HUM
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HUME’S ALL-CONSUMING IDEAS 265was
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HUME’S ALL-CONSUMING IDEAS 267sta
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THE COMMON SENSE OF THOMAS REID 269
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T W E N T Y - O N EHegel’s World
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RUSSELL’S SET 317THE HEGELIAN HUN
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RUSSELL’S SET 319Georg Cantor was
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RUSSELL’S SET 321Russell now pict
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RUSSELL’S SET 323Fig. 22.2to have
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RUSSELL’S SET 325Fig. 22.4Now con
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RUSSELL’S SET 327Russell realized
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T W E N T Y - T H R E EWittgenstein
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T W E N T Y - F O U RQuine’s Ques
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QUINE’S QUESTION MARK 351doomsday
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QUINE’S QUESTION MARK 353concede
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QUINE’S QUESTION MARK 355rowed
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QUINE’S QUESTION MARK 357Quine sa
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QUINE’S QUESTION MARK 359became i
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QUINE’S QUESTION MARK 361co-autho
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QUINE’S QUESTION MARK 363captivat
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QUINE’S QUESTION MARK 365To meet
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QUINE’S QUESTION MARK 369GRADUALI
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BibliographyAnscombe, G. E. M. (195
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 375Hegel, G. W. F. (18
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 377Miller, J. (1998).
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 379Skyrms, Brian (1975
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IndexNote: Page numbers in bold ref
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INDEX 383Carneades, 152Carroll, Lew
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INDEX 385ethics: of Aristotle, 97-9
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INDEX 389money and law of diminishi
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INDEX 391Poincaré, Henri, 325polit
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INDEX 393Socrates, 58-70; Augustine
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