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Pig That Wants to be Eaten Julian Baggini

Pig That Wants to be Eaten By Julian Baggini

Pig That Wants to be Eaten by Julian Baggini


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Presents 100 thought experiments: short scenarios which pose a problem in a vivid and concrete way, and invites the reader to think about possible answers for him/herself. Experiments cover identity, religion, art, ethics, language, knowledge and more. This book aims to make philosophy not only mind-stretching but also entertaining.

Pig That Wants to be Eaten Summary

Pig That Wants to be Eaten: And 99 Other Thought Experiments by Julian Baggini

Julian Baggini presents 100 thought experiments: short scenarios which pose a problem in a vivid and concrete way, and invites the reader to think about possible answers for him/herself. Experiments cover identity, religion, art, ethics, language, knowledge and many more. From Zeno's Paradox to Groundhog Day (how do you make sense of a life of eternal recurrence?), via The Pig that Wants to be Eaten (so should you eat him?), Plato's Cave, Minority Report (is it right to punish people for what they are going to do, but haven't yet done?), and an American Werewolf in London (how can we tell whether we are awake or dreaming?), this book makes philosophy not only mind-stretching but also entertaining.

Pig That Wants to be Eaten Reviews

* 'The Sudoku of moral philosophy' New Statesman * 'Thinking again is what this taut, incisive, bullet- hard book is dedicated to promoting' John Carey, Sunday Times * 'Enjoy these mind-boggling tales from the outer limit of thought' Guardian * 'An eloquent and engaging introduction to the major philosophical quandaries' Scotland on Sunday * 'An engaging read...It's one to which I'll keep returning- whenever I feel like an argument and have nobody to argue with' George Rosie, Sunday Herald (Glasgow)

About Julian Baggini

Julian Baggini is the editor and co-founder of The Philosophers' Magazine. He writes regularly for the Guardian, Independent and Independent on Sunday, Prospect and the TES, and has regularly appears on Radio 4 He is the author of several books on philosophy, including What's It All About? Philosophy and the Meaning of Life (Granta).

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GOR001256089
9781862078550
1862078556
Pig That Wants to be Eaten: And 99 Other Thought Experiments by Julian Baggini
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Granta Books
20060703
256
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