One Afternoon You Find a Notebook Filled with Incomprehensible Mathematical

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Essay

One afternoon you find a notebook filled with incomprehensible mathematical notations outside the Faculty of Business building and, realizing that it belongs to a professor in the Philosophy Department whose name is on the cover, you put it under the door of his office with a note telling him that you found it. That night, on the eleven o'clock news, you see an interview with the professor who is telling the reporter that he has lost the notebook in which he had worked out the meaning of life, and you hear him offer $10,000 for its safe return. Discuss your legal position in relation to whether or not you can claim the reward if the professor refuses to pay you.