101 Philosophy Problems (Third Edition)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 10
Forward......Page 14
How to use this book......Page 17
Note on the philosophical pictures......Page 19
Eleven logical loops and paradoxical problems to get started with......Page 20
Problem 1: The hanging judge......Page 21
Problem 2: The cow in the field......Page 22
Problem 3: Protagoras’ problem......Page 23
Problem 4: The hairdresser of Hindu Kush......Page 24
Problem 5: The raven......Page 25
Problem 6: The tuck-shop dilemma......Page 26
Problem 7: The unexpected exam......Page 27
Problem 8: Sorites......Page 29
Problem 9: The Society for Useless Information’s problem......Page 31
Problem 10: A problem with lentils......Page 32
Problem 11: The sentence......Page 33
Six ethical stories......Page 35
Problem 12: Diktatia......Page 36
Problem 13: A relative problem......Page 37
Problem 14: The dog and the professor......Page 39
Problem 15: The dog and the professor II......Page 40
Problem 16: Problems in the Lost Kingdom of Marjon......Page 41
Problem 17: Problems in the Lost Kingdom of Marjon II......Page 42
Problem 18: The Lost Kingdom and the peskyfly problem......Page 43
Problem 19: The Lost Kingdom and the peskyfly problem II......Page 44
Problem 20: The Lost Kingdom and the peskyfly problem III......Page 45
Problem 21: New Diktatia......Page 46
Problem 22: New Diktatia II......Page 47
Problem 23: New Diktatia III......Page 48
Half a half dozen of your numbers problems......Page 49
Problem 24: The bent coin problem......Page 50
Problem 25: Life on Sirius......Page 51
Problem 26: The infinite hotel......Page 53
Zeno’s paradoxes......Page 54
Problem 27: Achilles and the tortoise......Page 55
Problem 28: Lost in Space......Page 56
Problem 29: Dancing in the stadium......Page 57
Problem 30: That’s enough paradoxes (ed.)......Page 58
Some value judgements......Page 59
Problem 31: Fakes and forgeries......Page 60
Problem 32: Flash Bagman......Page 61
Problem 33: The value of stamps and potatoes......Page 63
Problem 34: The value of stamps and potatoes II......Page 64
Paradoxical picture puzzles......Page 65
Problem 35: The cube and the triangle......Page 66
Problem 36: Figure/ground reversal......Page 67
Problem 37: The false leg......Page 68
Problem 38: The chair......Page 69
Problem 39: Band with a twist in it......Page 70
Problem 40: ‘The blobs’ and ‘The colour disk illusion’......Page 71
Problems with time......Page 72
Problem 41: The time machine......Page 73
Problem 42: The time-stopper......Page 74
Problem 43: The microworld time forgot......Page 76
Problem 44: The unreliable watches......Page 78
Personal problems......Page 79
Problem 45: The mind’s eye......Page 80
Problem 46: A more corporeal problem......Page 82
Problem 47: The book......Page 83
Problem 48: The book II......Page 84
Problem 49: Sleeping problems......Page 85
Problem 50: Indispositional problems......Page 86
Problem 51: Still indisposed......Page 87
Problem 52: The sleeping man......Page 88
Problem 53: A problem arranging ship battles......Page 89
Problem 54: Deep Thought speaks for itself......Page 91
Problem 55: Deeper thought......Page 92
Paradoxical pictures......Page 94
Problem 56: Daytime – or night-time?......Page 95
Problem 57: But will the waterfall?......Page 96
Problem 58: The architect’s secret......Page 97
Problem 59: The three hares illusion......Page 98
Twelve traditional philosophy problems no one really cares about anyway......Page 99
Some nasty medical problems......Page 102
Problem 72: The three embryos problem......Page 103
Problem 73: Kidnapped by doctors!......Page 104
Problem 74: Kidnapped by doctors! Episode II......Page 106
Problem 75: Potentially a problem......Page 107
Problem 76: Whose baby?......Page 108
Problem 77: A sinister transplant problem......Page 110
Problem 78: More sinister transplant problems......Page 111
Two Chinese problems......Page 112
Problem 79: The turtle......Page 113
Problem 80: The nightingale’s song......Page 114
Fundamentally religious problems......Page 115
Problems 81–88: (raised by an annoying parishioner on a wet Sunday afternoon, with the Vicar)......Page 116
Problem 89: The evangelist......Page 118
Elementary problems of natural philosophy......Page 119
Problem 90: Poincaré’s problem......Page 120
Problem 91: Problems with the speed of light......Page 121
Problem 92: Further problems of natural philosophy......Page 122
Problem 93: Advanced further problems of natural philosophy......Page 124
Problem 94: Schrödinger’s cat’s problem......Page 125
Problem 95: The space yacht’s black hole......Page 126
Pretty final problems......Page 127
Problem 96: Schopenhauer’s problem......Page 128
Problem 97: Schopenhauer’s problem too......Page 129
Problem 98: A fairly terminal problem for dull philosophers......Page 130
Problem 99: Descartes’ big problem......Page 131
Problem 100: The problem of how to get to 101 (unsolved)......Page 132
Problem 101: The problem of existence......Page 133
Discussions......Page 134
Glossary......Page 212
Reading guide......Page 244
Acknowledgements......Page 250
Index......Page 252