Insurmountable simplicities : 39 philosophical conundrums /
Bite-sized bits of thought-provoking philosophy are explored in this book of brainteasers. Philosopher-authors Casati and Varzi use playlets, short fiction and imagined correspondence to explore philosophical conundrums ranging from time travel to the sinister ways mirrors work. The prose tends towa...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Italian |
| Published: |
New York :
Columbia University Press,
c2006
New York : ©2006 New York : [2006] |
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| LEADER | 11076nam a22014414a 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | c957a45a-3df8-4b49-b031-7f94bae4413e | ||
| 005 | 20240820000000.0 | ||
| 008 | 051108s2006 nyu b 001 1 eng | ||
| 010 | |a 2005031592 | ||
| 010 | |a 2005031592 | ||
| 010 | |a ^^2005031592 | ||
| 015 | |a GBA635807 |2 bnb | ||
| 016 | 7 | |a 013436692 |2 Uk | |
| 019 | |a 1022716155 | ||
| 020 | |a 0231137222 (alk. paper) | ||
| 020 | |a 0231137222 |q (alk. paper) | ||
| 020 | |a 0231137222 |q (alkaline paper) | ||
| 020 | |a 0231137222 |q alkaline paper | ||
| 020 | |a 0231510403 (e-book) | ||
| 020 | |a 0231510403 |q (e-book) | ||
| 020 | |a 9780231137225 (alk. paper) | ||
| 020 | |a 9780231137225 |q (alk. paper) | ||
| 020 | |a 9780231137225 |q (alkaline paper) | ||
| 020 | |a 9780231510400 (e-book) | ||
| 020 | |a 9780231510400 |q (e-book) | ||
| 035 | |a (MCM)001384652MIT01 | ||
| 035 | |a (NcD)003743166DUK01 | ||
| 035 | |a (NhD)b3744864x-01dcl_inst | ||
| 035 | |a (NjP)4774197-princetondb | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)62302223 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)ocm62302223 |9 ExL | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)ocm62302223 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)ocn691602534 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC-I)270466694 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC-M)62302223 | ||
| 035 | |a (PU)4000409-penndb-Voyager | ||
| 035 | |a (RPB)b39799207-01bu_inst | ||
| 035 | |a 4000409 | ||
| 035 | |a 5804537 | ||
| 035 | |a 62302223 | ||
| 035 | |a 7483918 | ||
| 035 | |b b3744864x | ||
| 035 | |z (NjP)Voyager4774197 | ||
| 040 | |a DLC |b eng |c DLC |d YDX |d BAKER |d C#P | ||
| 040 | |a DLC |b eng |c DLC |d YDX |d BAKER |d IXA |d NBU |d UKM |d BTCTA |d YDXCP |d GRR |d STF |d OCLCQ |d IG# |d SMP |d CQU |d OCLCQ |d LEB |d BDX |d OCLCF |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d JDP |d OCLCO |d UKMGB |d OCL |d TEU |d OCLCO | ||
| 040 | |a DLC |b eng |c DLC |d YDX |d BAKER |d IXA |d NBU |d UKM |d BTCTA |d YDXCP |d GRR |d STF |d OCLCQ |d IG# |d SMP |d CQU |d OCLCQ |d LEB |d BDX |d OCLCF |d OCLCO | ||
| 040 | |a DLC |b eng |c DLC |d YDX |d BAKER | ||
| 040 | |a DLC |c DLC |d DLC |d NhCcYBP |d UtOrBLW |d OrLoB-B | ||
| 040 | |a DLC |c DLC |d DLC |d NhCcYBP | ||
| 040 | |a DLC |c DLC |d YDX |d BAKER |d C#P | ||
| 040 | |a DLC |c DLC |d YDX |d BAKER |d DRB | ||
| 040 | |a DLC |c DLC |d YDX |d BAKER |d IXA |d NBU |d MYG |d OrLoB-B | ||
| 040 | |a DLC |c DLC |d YDX |d BAKER | ||
| 041 | 1 | |a eng |h ita | |
| 042 | |a pcc | ||
| 049 | |a DRBB | ||
| 049 | |a MYGG | ||
| 049 | |a PAUU | ||
| 049 | |a RBNN | ||
| 050 | 0 | 0 | |a PQ4863.A7768 |b S4613 2006 |
| 050 | 0 | 0 | |a PQ4863.A7768.S4613 2006 |
| 079 | |a ocm62302223 | ||
| 082 | 0 | 0 | |a 853/.92 |2 22 |
| 090 | |a PQ4863.A7768 |b S4613 2006 | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Casati, Roberto, |d 1961- |0 http://viaf.org/viaf/100718 | |
| 100 | 1 | |a Casati, Roberto, |d 1961- |1 http://viaf.org/viaf/100718 | |
| 100 | 1 | |a Casati, Roberto, |d 1961- | |
| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Semplicitá insormontabili |l English |
| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Semplicitá insormontabili |l English. |
| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Semplicitá insormontabili |l English |
| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Semplicitá insormontabili |l English. |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Insurmountable simplicities : |b 39 philosophical conundrums / |c Roberto Casati, Achille Varzi ; translated by Achille Varzi |
| 260 | |a New York : |b Columbia University Press, |c c2006 | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Columbia University Press, |c ©2006 | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Columbia University Press, |c [2006] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2006 | |
| 300 | |a 132 p. ; |c 22 cm | ||
| 300 | |a 132 pages ; |c 22 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 500 | |a This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |5 CTY | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 | |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Room 88 -- |t About a useless project -- |t The poet as a young man -- |t The chain of events leading up to the goal -- |t Zombie, Inc. sleeping pills -- |t Partial amnesia -- |t Person transplant -- |t My ice cream, your ice cream -- |t Playing Lotto in Reverse City -- |t Lucky numbers -- |t The invisible disorder -- |t A missive from the bell-ringer -- |t Sparkling bubbles -- |t Dates of birth -- |t Four-seasons Island -- |t Lost beauty spots -- |t Hic Sunt Leones -- |t Reflections -- |t The last case of the president of amoebas -- |t The hidden statue -- |t A cupboard in pieces -- |t Holter monitor -- |t Row 13 -- |t Train cancelled -- |t Satellites -- |t Verbatim -- |t The intelligent dictionary -- |t The traveler's pictionary -- |t Ink marks -- |t Forced choices -- |t What does the majority want? -- |t Law number one -- |t Proud to be third -- |t The placebo effect -- |t Interesting! -- |t Self-reference self-explained -- |t The surprise visit -- |t A risky cake -- |t Universal acid |
| 520 | |a Bite-sized bits of thought-provoking philosophy are explored in this book of brainteasers. Philosopher-authors Casati and Varzi use playlets, short fiction and imagined correspondence to explore philosophical conundrums ranging from time travel to the sinister ways mirrors work. The prose tends toward the roundabout (Cause and Time are addressed--is it reasonable to build a machine to travel back into the Past, and, by traveling back into the Past, one could induce changes in the Present?) | ||
| 520 | |a Is philosophy necessarily obscure and remote from our daily endeavors? The authors offer a colorful incarnation of philosophical concepts and paradoxes embedded in everyday, albeit slightly bizarre occurrences, within this collection that returns philosophy to its original purpose--uncovering and penetrating the dazzling complexity that hides behind the wrinkles of everyday life | ||
| 546 | |a Translated from the Italian | ||
| 590 | |a *lsa 20060714 | ||
| 596 | |a 1 | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Philosophical recreations | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Philosophy | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Philosophy, Italian | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Questions and answers | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Philosophical recreations |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Philosophy |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Philosophy, Italian |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Questions and answers |2 fast | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Varzi, Achille C |0 http://viaf.org/viaf/69104236 | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Varzi, Achille C |1 http://viaf.org/viaf/69104236 | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Varzi, Achille C | |
| 999 | 1 | 0 | |i c957a45a-3df8-4b49-b031-7f94bae4413e |l a6419702 |s US-CST |m insurmountable_simplicities39_philosophical_conundrums_____________________2006_______columa________________________________________casati__roberto____________________p |
| 999 | 1 | 0 | |i c957a45a-3df8-4b49-b031-7f94bae4413e |l 7483918 |s US-CTY |m insurmountable_simplicities39_philosophical_conundrums_____________________2006_______columa________________________________________casati__roberto____________________p |
| 999 | 1 | 0 | |i c957a45a-3df8-4b49-b031-7f94bae4413e |l 5933087 |s US-ICU |m insurmountable_simplicities39_philosophical_conundrums_____________________2006_______columa________________________________________casati__roberto____________________p |
| 999 | 1 | 0 | |i c957a45a-3df8-4b49-b031-7f94bae4413e |l 990013846520106761 |s US-MCM |m insurmountable_simplicities39_philosophical_conundrums_____________________2006_______columa________________________________________casati__roberto____________________p |
| 999 | 1 | 0 | |i c957a45a-3df8-4b49-b031-7f94bae4413e |l 990099819340203941 |s US-MH |m insurmountable_simplicities39_philosophical_conundrums_____________________2006_______columa________________________________________casati__roberto____________________p |
| 999 | 1 | 0 | |i c957a45a-3df8-4b49-b031-7f94bae4413e |l 990037431660108501 |s US-NCD |m insurmountable_simplicities39_philosophical_conundrums_____________________2006_______columa________________________________________casati__roberto____________________p |
| 999 | 1 | 0 | |i c957a45a-3df8-4b49-b031-7f94bae4413e |l 991005086059705706 |s US-NHD |m insurmountable_simplicities39_philosophical_conundrums_____________________2006_______columa________________________________________casati__roberto____________________p |
| 999 | 1 | 0 | |i c957a45a-3df8-4b49-b031-7f94bae4413e |l 5804537 |s US-NIC |m insurmountable_simplicities39_philosophical_conundrums_____________________2006_______columa________________________________________casati__roberto____________________p |
| 999 | 1 | 0 | |i c957a45a-3df8-4b49-b031-7f94bae4413e |l 9947741973506421 |s US-NJP |m insurmountable_simplicities39_philosophical_conundrums_____________________2006_______columa________________________________________casati__roberto____________________p |
| 999 | 1 | 0 | |i c957a45a-3df8-4b49-b031-7f94bae4413e |l 9940004093503681 |s US-PU |m insurmountable_simplicities39_philosophical_conundrums_____________________2006_______columa________________________________________casati__roberto____________________p |
| 999 | 1 | 0 | |i c957a45a-3df8-4b49-b031-7f94bae4413e |l 991005367449706966 |s US-RPB |m insurmountable_simplicities39_philosophical_conundrums_____________________2006_______columa________________________________________casati__roberto____________________p |
| 999 | 1 | 1 | |l a6419702 |s ISIL:US-CST |t BKS |a GREEN STACKS |b 36105114563179 |c PQ4863 .A7768 S4613 2006 |d LC |x STKS-MONO |y 36105114563179 |p LOANABLE |
| 999 | 1 | 1 | |l 7483918 |s ISIL:US-CTY |t BKS |a smllnb |b 39002082635617 |c PQ4863.A8325 S4613 2006 |g 0 |v 1 piece |x circ |y 6806359 |p LOANABLE |
| 999 | 1 | 1 | |l 5933087 |s ISIL:US-ICU |t BKS |a JRL-Gen |b 75200661 |c PQ4863.A7768 S4613 2006 |d Library of Congress classification |y 8011563 |p LOANABLE |
| 999 | 1 | 1 | |l 990013846520106761 |s ISIL:US-MCM |t BKS |a HUM HAYBCSP |b 39080022553033 |c PQ4863.A7768.S4613 2006 |d 0 |x BOOK |y 23461613050006761 |p UNLOANABLE |
| 999 | 1 | 1 | |l 990099819340203941 |s ISIL:US-MH |t BKS |a WID WIDLC |b 32044082543232 |c PQ4863.A7768 S4613 2006 |d 0 |x 01 BOOK |y 232108910700003941 |p LOANABLE |
| 999 | 1 | 1 | |l 990037431660108501 |s ISIL:US-NCD |t BKS |a LSC PSK |b D03342683T |c PQ4863.A7768 S4613 2006 |d 0 |x BOOK |y 23598571220008501 |p LOANABLE |
| 999 | 1 | 1 | |l 991005086059705706 |s ISIL:US-NHD |t BKS |a BAKER STACKS |b 33311018329005 |c PQ4863.A7768 S4613 2006 |d 0 |x BOOK |y 23163054620005706 |p LOANABLE |
| 999 | 1 | 1 | |l 5804537 |s ISIL:US-NIC |t BKS |a olin |b 31924103695098 |c PQ4863.A7768 S4613 2006 |d lc |k 1 |x Book |y c37629da-42cd-42da-8726-669b88517368 |p LOANABLE |
| 999 | 1 | 1 | |l 9947741973506421 |s ISIL:US-NJP |t BKS |a recap pa |b 32101058812072 |c PQ4863.A7768 S4613 2006 |d 0 |x Gen |y 23683140910006421 |p LOANABLE |
| 999 | 1 | 1 | |l 9940004093503681 |s ISIL:US-PU |t BKS |a VanPeltLib vanp |b 31198044003882 |c PQ4863.A7768 S4613 2006 |d 0 |x BOOK |y 23363394610003681 |p LOANABLE |
| 999 | 1 | 1 | |l 991005367449706966 |s ISIL:US-RPB |t BKS |a ROCK STACKS |b 31236091149263 |c PQ4863.A7768 S4613 2006 |d 0 |y 23283663290006966 |p LOANABLE |