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    The Pig that Wants to Be Eaten: And 99+ Other Thought Experiments

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    ISBN: 9781803510477
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    AuthorBaggini, Julian
    Pub Date01/02/2024
    BindingPaperback
    Pages352
    Publisher: GRANTA
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    A collection of short, accessible philosophical quandaries to stimulate, challenge and entertain.

    'Baggini offers us a tempting smorgasbord of some of the most baffling, weird and occasionally downright creepy scenarios ever envisaged... enjoy these mind-boggling tales from the outer limit of thought' Guardian

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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.

    '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