The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0452287448
ISBN 13
9780452287440
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Publication Year
2006
Publisher
Pages
320
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. - from Amzon
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1
