Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of KnowledgeWilliam Poundstone Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 20 juli 2011 - 288 sidor This sharply intelligent, consistently provocative book takes the reader on an astonishing, thought-provoking voyage into the realm of delightful uncertainty--a world of paradox in which logical argument leads to contradiction and common sense is seemingly rendered irrelevant. |
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The Thomson Lamp | 143 |
The Labyrinth of Tsui Pên | 160 |
NPComplete Maze Algorithms The RightHand Rule | 183 |
Twin Earth | 191 |
Searles Chinese Room | 222 |
The Thinking Machine The Paradox of Functionalism | 237 |
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