by William Poundstone · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140131369
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«Labyrinths of Reason» is William Poundstone's philosophical popular science essay, published by Penguin in paperback (288 pages, in English).
It collects classic thought experiments and paradoxes that push reason and language to their limits, from the prisoner's dilemma to Schrödinger's cat and Searle's Chinese room. Poundstone shows their implications for cryptography, decision theory, subatomic physics, and computer programming.
The book, whose subtitle is «Paradox, Puzzles and the Frailty of Knowledge», was published on February 28, 1991 in the Penguin Science series. ISBN: 9780140131369.
For general readers interested in philosophy, logic, and science who enjoy puzzles and thought experiments.
William Poundstone is an American author, columnist, and skeptic. He has written a number of books including the Big Secrets series and a biography of Carl Sagan.
