This Sentence is False: An Introduction to Philosophical Paradoxes by Peter Cave Paperback: 232 pages Published: 2009 ISBN-10: 1847062202 ISBN-13: 978-1847062208
From Preface:
The paradoxes of this book embrace all the main areas of philosophy: from metaphysics – that is, understanding the world’s nature in most general terms – to reasoning and knowledge, to values within morality and more widely. Indeed, paradoxes, generously understood and unlimited to the logical, offer excellent pathways into the philosophical activity. This is not surprising: key philosophical problems can be readily seen as paradoxical or puzzling. I use the terms ‘paradox’ and ‘puzzle’ more or less interchangeably, but when labelling I reserve ‘paradox’ for those traditionally known as such, with ‘puzzle’ or ‘problem’ for the rest – though this is far from definitive. To provide foci for discussion, some paradoxes are highlighted in the text – and, when not too aberrant, I have resisted adding the word ‘paradox’ to each name.