| #2352268 in Books | 2006-05-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .65 x5.84 x8.28l,.70 | File type: PDF | 144 pages||5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| An excellent and mentally stimulating introduction to a wide variety of difficult and deep questions|By Midwest Book Review|Insurmountable Simplicities: Thirty-Nine Philosophical Conundrums presents a veritable smorgasbord of philosophical brain-teasers to be pondered at length by novice and veteran thinkers alike. Why do mirrors appear to invert left and right but not up and d|From Publishers Weekly|Bite-sized bits of thought-provoking philosophy are cunningly explored in this little book of brainteasers. Philosopher-authors Casati and Varzi use playlets, short fiction and imagined correspondence to explore philosophical conundrums ra
"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 ...
You easily download any file type for your device.Insurmountable Simplicities: Thirty-nine Philosophical Conundrums | Roberto Casati, Achille Varzi. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
