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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.
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A collection of short, accessible philosophical quandaries to stimulate, challenge and entertain
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"Thinking again is what this taut, incisive, bullet-hard book is dedicated to promoting."
—The Sunday Times (London)
"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
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- PublisherGranta Books
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1847081282
- ISBN 13 9781847081285
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages306
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