The Pig that Wants to Be Eaten - Julian Baggini

The Pig that Wants to Be Eaten

And 99 Other Thought Experiments

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Buch | Softcover
256 Seiten
2010
Granta Books (Verlag)
978-1-84708-128-5 (ISBN)
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The long-awaited reissue of this Granta Books backlist classic: a collection of short, accessible philosophical quandaries to stimulate, challenge and entertain!
'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.

A collection of short, accessible philosophical quandaries to stimulate, challenge and entertain.

'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

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, and Freedom Regained, all published by Granta Books. He has written for various newspapers, magazines, academic journals and think tanks. His website is microphilosophy.net.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 4.3.2010
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 226 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie
ISBN-10 1-84708-128-2 / 1847081282
ISBN-13 978-1-84708-128-5 / 9781847081285
Zustand Neuware
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