The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten

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  The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten, and Ninety-Nine Other Thought Experiments by Julian Baggini 256pp, Granta, £14.99 Do you remember having a rather disturbed night's sleep about a month ago? That was the night I stole your brain. After landing my flyin ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  Rarely have I come across such a thought-provoking book. The 100 interesting and mind-boggling - sometimes even otherworldly - questions make me reexamine my logical thinking. What's especially praiseworthy about this book is that it's not all about rationality. It makes references to other consider ... (continue)

  Rarely have I come across such a thought-provoking book. The 100 interesting and mind-boggling - sometimes even otherworldly - questions make me reexamine my logical thinking. What's especially praiseworthy about this book is that it's not all about rationality. It makes references to other considerations such as social responsibility and trust, and does it in a non-didactic way.

  All in all, it's a wonderful book for people who like to think about thinking.

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  Holmes said on Nov 4, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  Very, very interesting and inspiring. Even if you're not that interested in ethics or philosophical problems at large you may like to see this book as a collection of everyday problems and dilemma illustrated with sound reasonings. It's not a Q&A, but it can lead you to carry on a reasonable and str ... (continue)

  Very, very interesting and inspiring. Even if you're not that interested in ethics or philosophical problems at large you may like to see this book as a collection of everyday problems and dilemma illustrated with sound reasonings. It's not a Q&A, but it can lead you to carry on a reasonable and strong discussion.

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  fruit said on Jun 17, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  a lot of armchair questions!

  Yet, don't take it too seriously ... it may bring you to some philosophical thinking, yet you need to go to the heart of the problem by reading some other serious stuff ... oversimplication is the risk you will take in reading this ...

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  Lau Siu Sang said on Feb 4, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  complicated cross referencing which doesn't really add pleasure to your reading...

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  HiHiLoLo said on Feb 21, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  No ordinary book. When you read a book you usually expect to learn more when you finish it. But after finishing this Pig, I was only to find that I actually know less!

  This book really can be considered a treasure house of dilemmas that can help you find the flaw in your own philosophical syst ... (continue)

  No ordinary book. When you read a book you usually expect to learn more when you finish it. But after finishing this Pig, I was only to find that I actually know less!

  This book really can be considered a treasure house of dilemmas that can help you find the flaw in your own philosophical system. Invoke interest.
  But is merely the commencement.

  Also can be very helpful for LD debaters or other philosophy debaters. You just need to throw one of these dilemmas to your opponent and watch them falling into the trap.

  The only thing I don't like about the book is its categorization, or lack of it. The author seems to be seeking the atmosphere of relaxed "armchair" reading, as he arranged the articles in the book almost completely randomly.

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  八足 said on Jan 27, 2008 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 256 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 1862078556
• ISBN-13: 9781862078550
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Pub date: Jul 03, 2006
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover and Others
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, 简体书, Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, Libri Italiani

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