Scientific Paradoxes And Problems
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Scientific Paradoxes And Problems And Their Solutions Etc
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Author : Alfred Seabold Eli ACKERMANN
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1925
Scientific Paradoxes And Problems And Their Solutions Etc written by Alfred Seabold Eli ACKERMANN and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1925 with categories.
Oppositions And Paradoxes
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Author : John L. Bell
language : en
Publisher: Broadview Press
Release Date : 2016-04-18
Oppositions And Paradoxes written by John L. Bell and has been published by Broadview Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-18 with Science categories.
Since antiquity, opposed concepts such as the One and the Many, the Finite and the Infinite, and the Absolute and the Relative, have been a driving force in philosophical, scientific, and mathematical thought. Yet they have also given rise to perplexing problems and conceptual paradoxes which continue to haunt scientists and philosophers. In Oppositions and Paradoxes, John L. Bell explains and investigates the paradoxes and puzzles that arise out of conceptual oppositions in physics and mathematics. In the process, Bell not only motivates abstract conceptual thinking about the paradoxes at issue, but he also offers a compelling introduction to central ideas in such otherwise-difficult topics as non-Euclidean geometry, relativity, and quantum physics. These paradoxes are often as fun as they are flabbergasting. Consider, for example, the famous Tristram Shandy paradox: an immortal man composing an autobiography so slowly as to require a year of writing to describe each day of his life — he would, if he had infinite time, presumably never complete the work, although no individual part of it would remain unwritten. Or think of an office mailbox labelled “mail for those with no mailbox”—if this is a person’s mailbox, how can they possibly have “no mailbox”? These and many other paradoxes straddle the boundary between physics and metaphysics, and demonstrate the hidden difficulty in many of our most basic concepts.
Paradox
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Author : Jim Al-Khalili
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2012-10-23
Paradox written by Jim Al-Khalili and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-23 with Science categories.
A fun and fascinating look at great scientific paradoxes. Throughout history, scientists have come up with theories and ideas that just don't seem to make sense. These we call paradoxes. The paradoxes Al-Khalili offers are drawn chiefly from physics and astronomy and represent those that have stumped some of the finest minds. For example, how can a cat be both dead and alive at the same time? Why will Achilles never beat a tortoise in a race, no matter how fast he runs? And how can a person be ten years older than his twin? With elegant explanations that bring the reader inside the mind of those who've developed them, Al-Khalili helps us to see that, in fact, paradoxes can be solved if seen from the right angle. Just as surely as Al-Khalili narrates the enduring fascination of these classic paradoxes, he reveals their underlying logic. In doing so, he brings to life a select group of the most exciting concepts in human knowledge. Paradox is mind-expanding fun.
Scientific Paradoxes And Problems
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Author : Alfred Seabold Eli Ackermann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1925
Scientific Paradoxes And Problems written by Alfred Seabold Eli Ackermann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1925 with Science categories.
Paradox
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Author : Doris Olin
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-12-18
Paradox written by Doris Olin and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-18 with Philosophy categories.
Paradoxes are more than just intellectual puzzles - they raise substantive philosophical issues and offer the promise of increased philosophical knowledge. In this introduction to paradox and paradoxes, Doris Olin shows how seductive paradoxes can be, why they confuse and confound, and why they continue to fascinate. Olin examines the nature of paradox, outlining a rigorous definition and providing a clear and incisive statement of what does and does not count as a resolution of a paradox. The view that a statement can be both true and false, that contradictions can be true, is seen to provide a challenge to the account of paradox resolution, and is explored. With this framework in place, the book then turns to an in-depth treatment of the Prediction Paradox, versions of the Preface/Fallibility Paradox, the Lottery Paradox, Newcomb's Problem, the Prisoner's Dilemma and the Sorites Paradox. Each of these paradoxes is shown to have considerable philosophical punch. Olin unpacks the central arguments in a clear and systematic fashion, offers original analyses and solutions, and exposes further unsettling implications for some of our most deep-seated principles and convictions.
Conversations With The Sphinx
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Author : Etienne Klein
language : en
Publisher: Souvenir PressLtd
Release Date : 1996
Conversations With The Sphinx written by Etienne Klein and has been published by Souvenir PressLtd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Science categories.
Essays On Paradoxes
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Author : Terry Horgan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017
Essays On Paradoxes written by Terry Horgan and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Mathematics categories.
This volume brings together many of Terence Horgan's essays on paradoxes: Newcomb's problem, the Monty Hall problem, the two-envelope paradox, the sorites paradox, and the Sleeping Beauty problem. Newcomb's problem arises because the ordinary concept of practical rationality constitutively includes normative standards that can sometimes come into direct conflict with one another. The Monty Hall problem reveals that sometimes the higher-order fact of one's having reliably received pertinent new first-order information constitutes stronger pertinent new information than does the new first-order information itself. The two-envelope paradox reveals that epistemic-probability contexts are weakly hyper-intensional; that therefore, non-zero epistemic probabilities sometimes accrue to epistemic possibilities that are not metaphysical possibilities; that therefore, the available acts in a given decision problem sometimes can simultaneously possess several different kinds of non-standard expected utility that rank the acts incompatibly. The sorites paradox reveals that a certain kind of logical incoherence is inherent to vagueness, and that therefore, ontological vagueness is impossible. The Sleeping Beauty problem reveals that some questions of probability are properly answered using a generalized variant of standard conditionalization that is applicable to essentially indexical self-locational possibilities, and deploys "preliminary" probabilities of such possibilities that are not prior probabilities. The volume also includes three new essays: one on Newcomb's problem, one on the Sleeping Beauty problem, and an essay on epistemic probability that articulates and motivates a number of novel claims about epistemic probability that Horgan has come to espouse in the course of his writings on paradoxes. A common theme unifying these essays is that philosophically interesting paradoxes typically resist either easy solutions or solutions that are formally/mathematically highly technical. Another unifying theme is that such paradoxes often have deep-sometimes disturbing-philosophical morals.
Paradoxes In Scientific Inference
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Author : Mark Chang
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2012-10-15
Paradoxes In Scientific Inference written by Mark Chang and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-15 with Computers categories.
Paradoxes are poems of science and philosophy that collectively allow us to address broad multidisciplinary issues within a microcosm. A true paradox is a source of creativity and a concise expression that delivers a profound idea and provokes a wild and endless imagination. The study of paradoxes leads to ultimate clarity and, at the same time, indisputably challenges your mind. Paradoxes in Scientific Inference analyzes paradoxes from many different perspectives: statistics, mathematics, philosophy, science, artificial intelligence, and more. The book elaborates on findings and reaches new and exciting conclusions. It challenges your knowledge, intuition, and conventional wisdom, compelling you to adjust your way of thinking. Ultimately, you will learn effective scientific inference through studying the paradoxes.
Paradigms And Paradoxes
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Author : Robert G. Colodny
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
Release Date : 2010-11-23
Paradigms And Paradoxes written by Robert G. Colodny and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Pre this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-23 with Philosophy categories.
The revolution involving the foundations of the physical sciences heralded by relativity and quantum theories has been stimulating philosophers for many years. Both of these comprehensive sets of concepts have involved profound challenges to traditional theories of epistemology, ontology, and language. This volume gathers six experts in physics, logic and philosophy to discuss developments in space exploration and nuclear science and their impact on the philosophy of science.
Circularity A Common Secret To Paradoxes Scientific Revolutions And Humor
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Author : Ron Aharoni
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2016-04-21
Circularity A Common Secret To Paradoxes Scientific Revolutions And Humor written by Ron Aharoni and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-21 with Mathematics categories.
'Circularity' is the story of a Janus-faced conceptual structure, that on the one hand led to deep scientific discoveries, and on the other hand is used to trick the mind into believing the impossible. Alongside mathematical revolutions that eventually led to the invention of the computer, the book describes ancient paradoxes that arise from circular thinking. Another aspect of circularity, its ability to entertain, leads to a surprising insight on the time old question 'What is humor'. The book presents the ubiquity of circularity in many fields, and its power to confuse and to instruct.See Press Release: Vicious circles -- confusing, instructive, amusing?