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Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles and the Frailty of Knowledge

by · 1988

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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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