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The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher

By Julian Baggini

Book information

Publisher
Plume
Year
2006
ISBN
0452287448, 9780452287440
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
410 kB (419693 bytes)
Pages
320\0
Time added
2015-02-25 23:54:11

Description

Both entertaining and startling, The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten offers one hundred philosophical puzzles that stimulate thought on a host of moral, social, and personal dilemmas. Taking examples from sources as diverse as Plato and Steven Spielberg, author Julian Baggini presents abstract philosophical issues in concrete terms, suggesting possible solutions while encouraging readers to draw their own conclusions: Lively, clever, and thought-provoking, The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten is a portable feast for the mind that is sure to satisfy any intellectual appetite.

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