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The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: And Ninety-Nine Other Thought Experiments by Julian Baggini
Category: Philosophy and Religion
Julian Baggini presents 100 thought experiments - short scenarios which pose a problem in a vivid and concrete way - and invites the reader to think about possible answers for him/herself. Experiments cover identity, religion, art, ethics, language, knowledge and many more. From Zeno's paradox to Ground ...Show more
The Shrink and the Sage: A Guide to Living by Julian Baggini & Antonia Macaro
Category: Health and Wellbeing
Based on their Financial Times Weekend column, philosopher Julian Baggini and his psychotherapist partner Antonia Macaro offer intriguing answers to life's questions. Can infidelity be good for you? What does it mean to stay true to yourself? Must we fulfil our potential? Self-help with a distinctly c ...Show more
The Virtues of the Table: How to Eat and Think by Julian Baggini
Category: Food Cooking Wine
How we eat, farm and shop for food is not only a matter of taste. Our choices regarding what we eat involve every essential aspect of our human nature: the animal, the sensuous, the social, the cultural, the creative, the emotional and the intellectual. Thinking seriously about food requires us to consi ...Show more
The Virtues of the Table: How to Eat and Think by Julian Baggini
Category: Food and Drink
How we eat, farm and shop for food is not only a matter of taste. Our choices regarding what we eat involve every essential aspect of our human nature: the animal, the sensuous, the social, the cultural, the creative, the emotional and the intellectual. Thinking seriously about food requires us to consi ...Show more
Welcome to Everytown by Julian Baggini
Category: Culture
What do the English think? Every country has a dominant set of beliefs and attitudes concerning everything from how to live a good life, how we should organize society, and the roles of the sexes. Yet despite many attempts to define our national character, what might be called the nation's philosophy ha ...Show more
What Philosophers Think by Julian Baggini & Jeremy Stangroom (eds)
Category: Philosophy
What does evolution mean today? Do we have free will? How is technology changing the way we understand life? Where is God? Does art have a value? Is science the new philosophy? What are the ethics of making war? How does language hold meaning? Is freedom possible? These are only some of the questions ...Show more
What's It All About? Philosophy and the Meaning of Life by Julian Baggini
Category: Fiction
An intelligent and accessible discussion of life's Big Questions 'You're T.S. Eliot,' said a taxi driver to the famous poet as he stepped into his cab. Eliot asked him how he knew. 'Ah, I've got an eye for a celebrity,' he replied. 'Only the other evening I picked up Bertrand Russel, and I said to him ...Show more
What's It All About? : Philosophy and the Meaning of Life by Julian Baggini
Category: Philosophy and Religion
Easy to read and accessible discussion of life's Big Questions This book is aimed at the reader who is serious about confronting the big issues in life but is turned-off by books which deal with them through religion, spirituality or 'psycho-babble'. It is for people who want an honest, intellig ...Show more
Without God, is Everything Permitted?: The 20 Big Questions in Ethics by Julian Baggini
Category: Languages and Reference
Can it ever be right to kill? Is terrorism ever justified? Should euthanasia be legal? Are some people superior to others? Do animals have rights? Some ethical judgements are easy: one side is wrong and the other is right. But how do we handle the really tough 'right vs right' dilemmas, where each side ...Show more