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Puzzle Instinct The Meaning of Puzzles in Human Life

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ISBN-10: 0253217083

ISBN-13: 9780253217080

Edition: 2004

Authors: Marcel Danesi

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Why are humans fascinated by puzzles? In this text, Marcel Danesi takes the reader on an exploration of the philosophical implications of the puzzle instinct. Danesi has not only included many puzzles in this book to puzzle over, he explores why we like to puzzle over them as well.
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Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 2/20/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.814

Marcel Danesi is Professor of Semiotics and Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He has authored and co-authored many books on learning Italian and Spanish, including Learn Italian the Fast and Fun Way (Barron's).

Preface
Why Puzzles?
Puzzle-Making through the Ages
Puzzle-Solving as Insight Thinking
The Puzzle Instinct
Puzzling Language: Riddles, Anagrams, and Other Verbal Perplexities
Riddles
Anagrams
Cryptograms
Rebuses
Crosswords
The Janus-Faced Nature of Language
Puzzling Pictures: Optical Illusions, Mazes, and Other Visual Mind-Bogglers
Visual Trickery
Geometrical Mind-Bogglers
Puzzles in Geometrical Dissection and Arrangement
Mazes
Order and Chaos
Puzzling Logic: Deductions, Paradoxes, and Other Forms of Mind Play
Deduction Puzzles
Truth Puzzles
Deception Puzzles
Paradoxes
The Paradox of Logic
Puzzling Numbers: Magic Squares, Cryptarithms, and Other Mathematical Recreations
Magic Squares
Puzzling Mathematical Patterns
Algebraic Puzzles
Cryptarithms
Mathematics, Magic, and Puzzles
Puzzling Games: Chess, Checkers, and Other Games
Movement and Arrangement Games
Mechanical and Assembly Games
Board Games
Card and Dice Games
The Game of Life
The Puzzle of Life
Puzzles and the Imagination
Puzzles and Serendipity
Puzzles and the Aesthetics of Mind
Ahmes' Challenge
Solutions
Bibliography and General Reading List
Index
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