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Original Title:	Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles and the Frailty of Knowledge
ISBN:	0385242719 (ISBN13: 9780385242714)

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

William Poundstone

Paperback | Pages: 288 pages

Rating: 4.04 | 547 Users | 27 Reviews

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Title	:	Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles and the Frailty of Knowledge
Author	:	William Poundstone
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 288 pages
Published	:	December 1st 1989 by Anchor Books (first published 1988)
Categories	:	Philosophy. Science. Nonfiction. Mathematics. Psychology

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For science nerds this is a good read. But it is dated. There are several logical paradoxes related to computational algorithm which modern computers have made irrelevant. Nevertheless most of what is in this book is quite relevant - and will remain so forever. This book covers almost exactly the same material as a college course in formal logic did that I took at Univ of Pennsylvania in 1971. It was interesting then - and remains interesting now. But it gets formal sometimes and can be slow going.

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Full of great paradoxes, variations, discussions, and criticisms. Also a very accessible read!

For science nerds this is a good read. But it is dated. There are several logical paradoxes related to computational algorithm which modern computers have made irrelevant. Nevertheless most of what is in this book is quite relevant - and will remain so forever. This book covers almost exactly the same material as a college course in formal logic did that I took at Univ of Pennsylvania in 1971. It was interesting then - and remains interesting now. But it gets formal sometimes and can be slow

Not really a clever fun puzzle book, but more of an elongated intellectual slough through exercises of thought that are basically a waste of time.

Entertaining book that delves into some fundamental problems of logic. It is unfortunate that the reader comes away with bewilderment towards "reality," with no hint that the formalization of logic generates its own paradoxes which are only "real" in as far as we perceive them (and logic itself) as real.

the collections of "paradox ,philosophy ,thought experiment".It is one of the best experimental book I've ever read for all my life.I can acquire the frameworks of thought and understand human can do possibility and impossibility.

The quality of writing does not live up to the quality of the title. This book was in need of a more forceful editor. Perhaps if I had a mind that was more interested in thought puzzles, I would have liked it better. Though in that case, probably a collection of thought puzzles would be a more efficient read than the hot air surrounding these mildly interesting thought problems. Please note, though, I stopped reading about 1/3 in.

This book contains the ibkt brain teaser I have ever run across that requires inductive reasoning or logic to solve.