Three philosophical problems for curious people | Arts & Humanities /Philosophy - OUPblog

Sarah Lobar, marketing assistant in journals product marketing for Oxford University Press writes, It is part of human nature to be curious and to want to know or learn something. 

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There are papers that fulfil this yen for knowledge and explore some of the more unusual philosophical questions that you never knew you wanted to know the answer to, for example; What did the tortoise say to Achilles about logic, propositions, and conclusions? Why the peculiar spelling of the logical term intension? Which came first – the chicken or the egg? Below are some excerpts from the accessible classic papers that explore these important and quirky questions for you to ponder.
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