Julian Baggini – The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten
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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.
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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
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.
