《爱丽丝镜中奇遇》中的“逻辑游戏”

“Logical games” in Through the Looking—Glass,and What Alice Found There

英国数学家、逻辑学家、哲学家路易斯·卡罗尔所著的儿童文学作品《爱丽丝镜中奇遇》中,很多情境、情节及人物语言、动作呈现出一种有趣的"逻辑游戏"。这种逻辑游戏主要有逻辑对称(包括空间、时间、状态的对称)和逻辑悖论(包括逻辑荒谬、逻辑混乱、逻辑叠加、自相矛盾等)两种表现形态。不论是逻辑对称还是逻辑悖论,实质上都可以追溯到深刻的语言学问题。可以说,该书在童稚情趣外表下深藏着哲理。

British mathematician,logician and philosopher Lewis Carroll's children's story,Through the Looking—Glass,and What Alice Found There,presents interesting 'logical games'in its situations,plots,as well as in characters' languages and acts. Such 'logical games'have two forms of expression: logical symmetries,including the symmetries in aspects of space,time and status,and logical paradox,containing logical absurdities,logical disarray,logical superposition and self-contradiction. In fact,both logical symmetries and logical paradox can be traced back to profound linguistic problems. This book is full of deep philosophy although it is coated with childlike charm.