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"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.

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...

花生叶

10-29

我认为哲学初学者阅读这本书，可能需要专业的老师帮助。仅此一本作为“哲学”入门并不合适，故事充其量只能让你感到“有趣”，但是对于思考的方向来说并没有什么启发性；当然，如果只是当作所谓“情境问题集”来看，只要能启发思考就是好事。但是，对于某国网哲圈一砸十个的高高手来说，这本书的意义充其量也就是废话而已。

思舟

06-10

不是那种很传统的分析哲学书，还是有很多难读的部分的(｀_´)但是也一样地有很多心领神会。

BlueberryWhite

11-27

Varzi大神。我在上Varzi课之前就读了这本书，那天听着听着Varzi的课忽然反应过来他说话和想事情的一些习惯很熟悉，又阴差阳错地找到了这本书，查到了作者。然后刹那间百感交集。Prof.Varzi绝对是Metaphysics研究这里最经受“technical”,“ boring”, “not helpful”这样批评的学者之一。我作为本来就是感兴趣这样哲学的人，我相信这些问题是有他们的价值的。这本书可以说是很集中而精密地体现了Prof.Varzi的聪慧和敏锐了。书本身也写得可爱。

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