The pig that wants to be eaten
Subtitle: and 99 other thought experiments
By: Julian Baggini
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Chivers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9781408456545; 9781408456552
Subjects: Problems, exercises; Philosophy
Description: Julian Baggini presents 100 of the most interesting 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. In every case, Baggini sets the problem up for the reader, and then offers some ways of approaching it. There are rarely 'right' or 'wrong' answers (though some answers are better than others), but the real point is in the exploration of the question.
Notes: Originally published: London: Granta, 2005.