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Do You Think What You Think You Think?

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Penguin, Aug 28, 2007 - Philosophy - 192 pages
Explore the gray areas in your gray matter?philosophical brainteasers from the bestselling author of The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten

Is your brain ready for a thorough philosophical health check?

The author of the international bestseller The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten and his fellow founding editor of The Philosopher?s Magazine have some thought-provoking questions about your thinking: Is what you believe coherent and consistent?or a jumble of contradictions? If you could design a God, what would He, She, or It be like? And how will you fare on the tricky terrain of ethics when your taboos are under the spotlight?

Here are a dozen philosophical quizzes guaranteed to make armchair philosophers uncomfortably shift in their seats. The answers will reveal what you really think?and it may not be what you thought. Fun, challenging, and surprising, this book will enable you to discover the you you never knew you were.


  

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Review: Do You Think What You Think You Think?

User Review  - Dillon - Goodreads

Alright book. I thought the book was going to be a great amount of explanations on how people think but it really wasnt. The book mainly consisted of little games to see how you think about certain ... Read full review

Review: Do You Think What You Think You Think?

User Review  - Louise - Goodreads

Not sure it's "The Ultimate Philosophical Quiz Book", but it is fun and it does make you review the ways in which you think, and shows you where your thought processes may be contradictory. Read full review

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Julian Baggini is a British philosopher and writer. He is the author of Welcome to Everytown and The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and is a co-founder and editor of The Philosophers' Magazine. He has written for The Guardian, The Independent and many other publications, and is a regular guest on BBC Radio 4.

Jeremy Stangroom is an elected Fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion. He is a cofounder of "The Philosophers Magazine "and its New Media editor. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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