‘Perhaps not all the stories that follow are true. They could, however, be true, and the Reader is invited to ponder this.’
So begins Insurmountable Simplicities, Roberto Casati and Achille Varzi’s colorful incarnation of the many philosophical conundrums that hide in the wrinkles of everyday life. Why do mirrors seem to invert left and right but not up and down? How do we know whether strawberries taste the same for everyone? Where is it written that we must observe the law, and if it is not written, why should we observe it? What if we could swap brains-or the rest of our bodies?
Insurmountable Simplicities is filled with stories, dialogues, and epistolary exchanges that cover a range of themes-such as personal identity, causality and responsibility, fortune, the nature of things, the paradoxes of time and space, the interface between logic and language-in captivating and inventive ways.
Clear, concise, and intellectually engaging, this internationally acclaimed book brilliantly demonstrates that the beauty of philosophy resides in its thorough engagement with the simplicities of the world, insurmountable as they might initially appear.
Зміст
Room 88
About a Useless Project
The Poet as a Young Man
The Chain of Events Leading Up to the Goal
Zombie, Inc. Sleeping Pills
Partial Amnesia
Person Transplant
My Ice Cream, Your Ice Cream
Playing Lotto in Reverse City
Lucky Numbers
The Invisible Disorder
A Missive from the Bell-Ringer
Sparkling Bubbles
Dates of Birth
Four-Seasons Island
Lost Beauty Spots
Hic Sunt Leones
Reflections
The Last Case of the President of Amoebas
The Hidden Statue
A Cupboard in Pieces
Holter Monitor
Row 13
Train Cancelled
Satellites
Verbatim
The Intelligent Dictionary
The Traveler’s Pictionary
Ink Marks
Forced Choices
What Does the Majority Want?
Law Number One
Proud To Be Third
The Placebo Effect
Interesting!
Self-Reference Self-Explained
The Surprise Visit
A Risky Cake
Coda
Universal Acid
Note
Про автора
Roberto Casati is research director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris. He is the author of The Shadow Club and (with Achille Varzi) Parts and Places: The Structures of Spatial Representation and Holes and Other Superficialities. Achille Varzi is professor of philosophy at Columbia University. In addition to the books coauthored with Casati, he is the author of several volumes, including An Essay in Universal Semantics and Theory and Problems of Logic.
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