Raymond Smullyan Bücher

Schachové úlohy, založené na retrográdní analýze, poskytují Sherlocku Holmesovi příležitost prokázat své logické myšlení na šedesáti čtyřech polích šachovnice. Děj se odvíjí ve třech rovinách. V první rovině nám dr. Watson líčí svá další šachová dobrodružství s fenomenálním detektivem. Druhá rovina obsahuje fascinující odbočky do světa logiky a logických hádanek. V třetí rovině najdeme přes padesát šachových úloh s postupně vzrůstající složitostí, které jsou přístupně vyloženy pro začátečníky a dostatečně elegantně pro pokročilé šachisty.

Ein unterhaltsamer Führer zu Gödel's Entdeckungen und ein einführender Überblick über moderne Logik. Das Buch bietet durch amüsante Aufgaben über Ehrliche und Bösewichte einen populären Zugang zu den Themen der Selbstreferenz, Gödel's Unvollständigkeitssätze der Arithmetik und der sogenannten Logik der „möglichen“ Welten.

Raymond Smullyans „Dame oder Tiger?“ ist ein ungemein reizvolles Denkspielbuch. Der Bandbreite seiner Knobeleien reicht von einfachen „Kopfnüssen“ bis hin zu den verzwicktesten „Logeleien“. Ein Vergnügen für Rätselfreunde jeden Altern und Könnens.

Honorable knights, lying knaves, and other fanciful characters populate this unusual survey of the principles underlying the works of Georg Cantor. Created by a renowned mathematician, these engaging puzzles apply logical precepts to issues of infinity, probability, time, and change. They require a strong mathematics background and feature complete solutions.

'Der Taoist ist jemand, der nicht so sehr danach sucht, was ihm fehlt, sondern der genießt, was er hat.'

- Bevor ich zu sprechen beginne, würde ich gerne noch etwas sagen. - Vor Jahren aß ich mit einem Freund in einem Restaurant zu abend. Er hatte kaum aufgegessen, als die Bedienung ihm schon den Teller wegriß. "Ah", rief er, "ich bin gerade rechtzeitig fertig geworden!" - Vermutlich gleube ich nicht an Astrologie, weil ich ein Zwilling bin. Mit diesen paradoxen Sätzen beginnt Raymond Smullyan, der berühmte Logikprofessor, Zauberer und Pianospieler, seine gewitzte Reise durch das Labyrinth in unseren Köpfen. Und auch hier gilt oft das Paradox: Der Weg ist das Ziel...

Alice und ihre Freunde haben sich wieder hinter den Spiegeln eingefunden. Die bekannten Figuren reden und verhalten sich nicht nur wie die Originale, das Buch ist auch voll von typisch Carrollschen Sprachspielen, Logik- und Metalogikrätseln und verwirrenden philosophischen Paradoxien.

Here -- from philosopher/logician/puzzlemaker Raymond Smullyan -- are fifty elegant, witty, and altogether unique "chess mysteries." In each problem the solver has to deduce certain events in a game's past. For On what square was the White queen captured? or, Is the White queen promoted or original?Since these problems involve the same sort of logical reasoning that lies at the core of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Raymond Smullyan has aptly set each one within its own Holmes-Watson dialogue. In each case Holmes, by his remarkable powers of deduction, is able to demonstrate to his awed admirers precisely what must have happened, move by move, at the "scene of the crime" -- the chess table. For what the missing piece is; what square it should be on; whether or not either side can castle.In the second half, through a series of progressively more difficult (self-contained) chess problems, Holmes, with the reader's help, solves a mystery and a double murder -- perpetrated, of course, by Moriarty. And at the end of the book are ten bonus problems from Moriarty himself (four of them composed before the age of nine!).Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes is Smullyan's challenging and witty romp through the royal game.

In this entertaining and challenging collection of logic puzzles, Raymond Smullyan-author of Forever Undecided-continues to delight and astonish us with his gift for making available, in the thoroughly pleasurable form of puzzles, some of the most important mathematical thinking of our time. schovat popis

A lucid, elegant, and complete survey of set theory, this three-part treatment explores axiomatic set theory, the consistency of the continuum hypothesis, and forcing and independence results. 1996 edition.

"Games for Your Mind explores the history and future of logic puzzles while enabling you to test your skill against a variety of puzzles yourself."--Amazon.com

A celebrated mathematician presents more than 200 increasingly complex problems that delve into Gödel's undecidability theorem and other examples of the deepest paradoxes of logic and set theory. Solutions.

“The most entertaining logician and set theorist who ever lived” (Martin Gardner) gives us an encore to The Lady or the Tiger?-a fiendishly clever, utterly captivating new collection of 225 brainteasers, puzzles, and paradoxes.

Honorable knights, lying knaves, and other fanciful characters populate this unusual survey of the principles underlying the works of Georg Cantor. Created by a renowned mathematician, these engaging puzzles apply logical precepts to issues of infinity, probability, time, and change. They require a strong mathematics background and feature complete solutions.

This completely self-contained study, widely considered the best book in the field, is intended to serve both as an introduction to quantification theory and as an exposition of new results and techniques in "analytic" or "cut-free" methods. Impressed by the simplicity and mathematical elegance of the tableau point of view, the author focuses on it here.After preliminary material on tress (necessary for the tableau method), Part I deals with propositional logic from the viewpoint of analytic tableaux, covering such topics as formulas or propositional logic, Boolean valuations and truth sets, the method of tableaux and compactness.Part II covers first-order logic, offering detailed treatment of such matters as first-order analytic tableaux, analytic consistency, quantification theory, magic sets, and analytic versus synthetic consistency properties.Part III continues coverage of first-order logic. Among the topics discussed are Gentzen systems, elimination theorems, prenex tableaux, symmetric completeness theorems, and system linear reasoning.Raymond M. Smullyan is a well-known logician and inventor of mathematical and logical puzzles. In this book he has written a stimulating and challenging exposition of first-order logic that will be welcomed by logicians, mathematicians, and anyone interested in the field.

Is there really a God, and if so, what is God actually like? Is there an afterlife, and if so, is there such a thing as eternal punishment for unrepentant sinners, as many orthodox Christians and Muslims believe? And is it really true that our unconscious minds are connected to a higher spiritual reality, and if so, could this higher spiritual reality be the very same thing that religionists call "God"? In his latest book, Raymond M. Smullyan invites the reader to explore some beautiful and some horrible ideas related to religious and mystical thought. In Part One, Smullyan uses the writings on religion by fellow polymath Martin Gardner as the starting point for some inspired ideas about religion and belief. Part Two focuses on the doctrine of Hell and its justification, with Smullyan presenting powerful arguments on both sides of the controversy. "If God asked you to vote on the retention or abolition of Hell," he asks, "how would you vote?" Smullyan has posed this question to many believers and received some surprising answers. In the last part of his treasurable triptych, Smullyan takes up the "beautiful and inspiring" ideas of Richard Bucke and Edward Carpenter on Cosmic Consciousness. Readers will delight in Smullyan's observations on religion and in his clear-eyed presentation of many new and startling ideas about this most wonderful product of human consciousness.

Počnúc Platónom si filozofi kladú otázku, čo je poznanie. Ako poznávame vonkajší svet pohybov, objektov a farieb? Ako poznávame vnútorný svet predstáv, vier a želaní? A ako tieto dva svety spolu súvisia? Človek poznáva mysľou, ale čo je myseľ? Ako možno zistiť, čo sa v nej deje? Aký je vzťah medzi mysľou a telom? Ako svet v nás súvisí so svetom okolo nás? Kniha Myseľ, telo, stroj predstavuje deviatich filozofov a vedcov - R. Dawkinsa, D. C. Dennetta, R. Van Gulicka, T. Nagela, K. H. Pribrama, R. Rortyho, J. R. Searla, R. M. Smullyana a A. M. Turinga, ktorí významne ovplyvnili súčasné diskusie o týchto problémoch, zamestnávajúcich filozofov už viac ako dvetisíc rokov. Okrem filozofov zaujme aj odborníkov v súvisiacich vedných disciplínach ( biológii, logike, psychológii, umelej inteligencii) a každého, kto slobodne rozmýšľa o tom, akú predstavu si mi ľudia máme vytvoriť o sebe a svojom mieste v prírode.

Au début, les énigmes vous paraîtront plutôt simples, sans danger... pour tout dire stimulantes. Dès lors, le piège se refermera. Pris au jeu, vous perdrez vite votre assurance condescendante, et la folie vous guettera. Folie raisonnante, folie circulaire, folie obsessionnelle : qui ment, qui ne ment pas ? Qui est fou, qui ne l'est ? Folie du doute, folie de la persécution : qui est éveillé, qui rêve ? Qui est qui ? Puis, quand du jeu vous serez passé au métajeu, vous vous installerez dans une bienheureuse folie douce. Vous saurez.

Ve volném pokračování knihy Šachové záhady Sherlocka Holmese nás Raymond Smullyan přivádí do světa pohádek Tisíce a jedné noci za vlády bájného „bílého krále“ Harúna ar-Rašída. Jako šachové figury tak ve vtipných pohádkách, jež uvozují šachové úlohy založené na retrográdní analýze, vystupují různé exotické postavy.

Un jour, un collègue invite Raymond Smullyan à dîner en précisant " Mon fils sera ravi de faire ta connaissance car il est passionné par tes livres d'énigmes ! " Smullyan " D'accord, mais je t'interdis de Lui dire que je suis mathématicien ! " En apprenti sorcier des mathématiques, Raymond Smullyan avance masqué. Avec ce recueil d'énigmes stimulantes et Ludiques, best-seller international, iL guide Le lecteur dans Le monde étrange de La logique, sans jamais se départir de son humour et de sa fantaisie. Attention, en vous plongeant dans ce Livre, vous risquez d'y perdre la tête !