Raymond Smullyan

thumb|Raymond Smullyan in 2008 Raymond Smullyan (May 25, 1919 – February 6, 2017) was an American philosopher, mathematician, logician and a magician. Quotes Why should I worry about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime! This Book Needs No Title (1986) I have free will, but not of my own choice. I have never freely chosen to have free will. I have to have free will, whether I like it or not! Is God a Taoist? (1977) If it is really true that you cannot resist them, then you are not sinning of your own free will and hence (at least according to me) not sinning at all. Is God a Taoist? (1977) There is nothing like a naturalistic orientation to dispel all these morbid thoughts of "sin" and "free will" and "moral responsibility." Is God a Taoist? (1977) Medical opinions differed as to the cause of this "humor" disease. Planet Without Laughter (1980) From what little was known about the subject, insincerity itself was regarded as another form of psychosis but one which was exceedingly rare. Planet Without Laughter (1980) Humor could not flourish in a wholly serious and rational atmosphere. Planet Without Laughter (1980) Metaphysical problems about "mind" versus "matter" arise only from epistemological confusions. An Epistemological Nightmare (1982) Of course the falsity of the fact that you believe it is red implies that you don't believe it is red. But this does not mean that you believe it is not red! An Epistemological Nightmare (1982) I believe that either Jupiter has life or it doesn't. But I neither believe that it does, nor do I believe that it doesn't. An Epistemological Nightmare (1982) External links Is God a Taoist? by Raymond Smullyan, 1977. Planet Without Laughter by Raymond Smullyan, 1980. An Epistemological Nightmare by Raymond Smullyan, 1982. Category:1919 births Category:2017 deaths Category:Logicians from the United States Category:Mathematicians from the United States Category:People from New York City Category:Designers Category:Philosophers from the United States Category:Taoists Category:Pianists from the United States Category:Magicians from the United States‎ Category:Princeton University alumni Category:University of Chicago alumni Category:Dartmouth College faculty Category:Princeton University faculty