James R. Lucas
The Bible never shies away from seeming contradictions. We are told both to resist our enemies and to love them, and that our all-knowing God can sometimes forget. Unable to reconcile such biblical paradoxes, some people abandon Christianity, ... [... more]
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Paradoxes: Their Roots, Range, and Resolution
 The first sentence of this review is true: The title of this review is false. I love paradoxes. A good paradox is something like an incongruity in the structure of the Matrix, an indication that there's something not quite right about our take on reality. [... more]
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The Winner's Curse: Paradoxes and Anomalies of Economic Life
good introduction: This book by one of the triumvirate of today's leading experimental economists is a solid introduction to many of the challenges which posit to unseat the rational selfish man, homo economicus. Each chapter, which is essentially [... more]
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Paradoxes
Of Interest to Any Serious Philosopher: While the topic of the book is paradoxes, this book can easily be used for a 20th century analytic metaphysics course. Sainsbury is easy to understand and lays out the various issues clearly and concisely. My only [... more]
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Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society
A Book So Full: If there is a book that presents valuable and valid lessons in how to resolve differences, be they in attitudes towards the arts, the lack of music in our educational system, the etiology of the Israeli/Palestinian dichotomy, and so much [... more]
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Zeno's Paradoxes
Good Survey of Modern Reaction: This is a great introduction to the modern reaction to Zeno's paradoxes. The most important articles from Russell to the debates on infinity machines are included. The bibliography, at over 200 works, is the best I've seen. [... more]
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Mathematical Fallacies and Paradoxes
This is a Great Book for Math Fans: This is a great book for people who love mathematics, including: recreational math enthusiasts, math teachers, professors and other university level math instructors, curious and self-motivated students, etc. This book [... more]
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Paradoxes of Faith
Let the Paradox Be: Here, written as snippits, the late de Lubac pounds on the anvil with a velvet hammer on subjects such as: spirit, truth, suffering, faith etc., that one is amazed, and in many cases overwhelmed by the simplicity and clarity of his [... more]
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Les paradoxes du marketing
Chronique amazon.fr: Le marketing n'est pas une science. C'est une boîte à outils qui, si elle est mal utilisée, peut transformer l'entreprise en jeu de massacre. La planification stratégique, les dogmes du "client roi& [... more]
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The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond
Still waters run deep: "Paradox has been defined as 'Truth standing on her head to attract attention.' Paradox has been defended; on the ground that so many fashionable fallacies still stand firmly on their feet, because they have no heads to stand [... more]
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Paradoxes
Les paradoxes de Thierry sont beaux: I like a few of the other reviewers found my way to Thierry by way of "A la recherche de la nouvelle star." It may seem trying to most that real talent can come out of commercially produceds shows like that, [... more]
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Paradoxes of Delusion: Wittgenstein, Schreber, and the ...
A Vast Museum of Strangeness: Sass presents an unorthodox view of the workings of the schizophrenic mind in his comparison of Daniel Schreber and Ludwig Wittgenstein. He explores schizophrenia not as a disease to be treated, but rather as an alternate [... more]
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