by Nicholas Falletta · TEA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788850254828
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Since ancient times, the history of thought has been traversed by a subtle but resistant chain of bizarre mental objects, concepts, problems, and images that seem designed to overturn the most widely accepted truths: paradoxes. Drawing on numerous examples (from Zeno's turtle to Escher's drawings), this book presents, discusses, illustrates, and explains the three fundamental types of paradoxes: statements that seem true but are actually contradictory; statements that seem contradictory but are actually true; and correct statements that lead to contradictory conclusions. The reader requires no specific knowledge beyond everyday language and elementary arithmetic, only a certain openness to the bizarre, the curiosity to discover the strangest mechanisms of thought, and the desire to be intelligently entertained.
