'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
| ISBN: | 9781803510477 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 2024 |
| Author: | Julian Baggini |
| Publisher: | Granta Books an imprint of Granta Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Genres: |
Philosophy Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Philosophy: logic Ethics and moral philosophy Popular philosophy |
'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
The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten features in the following genres: Philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Philosophy: logic, Ethics and moral philosophy, Popular philosophy
The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten is available in Paperback
The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten was written by Julian Baggini and published by Granta Books an imprint of Granta Publications
The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten has 352 pages
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