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The Pig that Wants to Be Eaten
And 99+ Other Thought Experiments
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Baggini offers us a tempting smorgasbord of some of the most baffling, weird and occasionally downright creepy scenarios ever envisaged... enjoy these mind-boggling tales from the outer limit of thought - Guardian Is it right to eat a pig that wants to be eaten? Are you...
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The Pig that Wants to Be Eaten
A collection of short, accessible philosophical quandaries to stimulate, challenge and entertain.
A collection of short, accessible philosophical quandaries to stimulate, challenge and entertain - now reissued with 10 brand new thought experiments.
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Baggini offers us a tempting smorgasbord of some of the most baffling, weird and occasionally downright creepy scenarios ever envisaged... enjoy these mind-boggling tales from the outer limit of thought - Guardian
Is it right to eat a pig that wants to be eaten?
Are you really reading this book cover, or are you in a simulation?
If God is all-powerful, could he create a square circle?
Here are 100 of the most intriguing thought experiments from the history of philosophy and ideas - questions to leave you inspired, informed and scratching your head, dumbfounded.
This book is like the Sudoku of moral philosophy: apply your mind to any of its "thought experiments" while stuck on the Tube, and quickly be transported out of rush-hour hell - New Statesman
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781803510477
Publisher: Granta Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 February 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Granta Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 244g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Julian Baggini's books include Welcome to Everytown: A Journey into the English Mind, What's It All About?: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life, the bestselling The Pig that Wants to be Eaten, Do They Think You're Stupid?, The Ego Trick, The Virtues of the Table: How to Eat and Think, Freedom Regained, and the bestselling How The World Thinks, all published by Granta Books. He has written for various newspapers, magazines, academic journals and think tanks. His website is microphilosophy.net.
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