The Pig that Wants to Be Eaten

And 99 Other Thought Experiments

Julian Baggini (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2010
Granta Books (Verlag)
978-1-84708-128-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The long-awaited reissue of this Granta Books backlist classic: a collection of short, accessible philosophical quandaries to stimulate, challenge and entertain!

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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.

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

Autor

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.

Produkt-Details

• 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