Insurmountable simplicities :: 39 philosophical conundrums /
""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 w...
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| Zusammenfassung: | ""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. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (132 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231510403 9780231510400 1283007991 9781283007993 |
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| contents | 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 -- Universal acid. |
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| spelling | Casati, Roberto, 1961- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvxyJCwCVccD9RBcdJqwC http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93021182 Semplicitá insormontabili. English Insurmountable simplicities : 39 philosophical conundrums / Roberto Casati, Achille Varzi ; translated by Achille Varzi. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2006. 1 online resource (132 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file rda Translated from the Italian. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 -- Universal acid. Print version record. ""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. Philosophy, Italian. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100937 Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100849 Philosophical recreations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100847 Questions and answers. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85109826 Philosophy https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010684 Philosophie italienne. Philosophie. Jeux philosophiques. Questions et réponses. philosophy. aat PHILOSOPHY General. bisacsh Philosophical recreations fast Philosophy fast Philosophy, Italian fast Questions and answers fast Didactic fiction fast Didactic fiction. gsafd Didactic fiction. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026288 Varzi, Achille C. has work: Insurmountable simplicities (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCH6WHfkwtp86yKcgJcJKv3 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Casati, Roberto, 1961- Semplicitá insormontabili. English. Insurmountable simplicities. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2006 0231137222 (DLC) 2005031592 (OCoLC)62302223 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=168505 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Casati, Roberto, 1961- Insurmountable simplicities : 39 philosophical conundrums / 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 -- Universal acid. Philosophy, Italian. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100937 Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100849 Philosophical recreations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100847 Questions and answers. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85109826 Philosophy https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010684 Philosophie italienne. Philosophie. Jeux philosophiques. Questions et réponses. philosophy. aat PHILOSOPHY General. bisacsh Philosophical recreations fast Philosophy fast Philosophy, Italian fast Questions and answers fast |
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| title | Insurmountable simplicities : 39 philosophical conundrums / |
| title_alt | Semplicitá insormontabili. |
| title_auth | Insurmountable simplicities : 39 philosophical conundrums / |
| title_exact_search | Insurmountable simplicities : 39 philosophical conundrums / |
| title_full | Insurmountable simplicities : 39 philosophical conundrums / Roberto Casati, Achille Varzi ; translated by Achille Varzi. |
| title_fullStr | Insurmountable simplicities : 39 philosophical conundrums / Roberto Casati, Achille Varzi ; translated by Achille Varzi. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Insurmountable simplicities : 39 philosophical conundrums / Roberto Casati, Achille Varzi ; translated by Achille Varzi. |
| title_short | Insurmountable simplicities : |
| title_sort | insurmountable simplicities 39 philosophical conundrums |
| title_sub | 39 philosophical conundrums / |
| topic | Philosophy, Italian. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100937 Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100849 Philosophical recreations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100847 Questions and answers. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85109826 Philosophy https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010684 Philosophie italienne. Philosophie. Jeux philosophiques. Questions et réponses. philosophy. aat PHILOSOPHY General. bisacsh Philosophical recreations fast Philosophy fast Philosophy, Italian fast Questions and answers fast |
| topic_facet | Philosophy, Italian. Philosophy. Philosophical recreations. Questions and answers. Philosophy Philosophie italienne. Philosophie. Jeux philosophiques. Questions et réponses. philosophy. PHILOSOPHY General. Philosophical recreations Philosophy, Italian Questions and answers Didactic fiction Didactic fiction. |
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