The Duck That Won the Lottery: 100 New Experiments for the Armchair PhilosopherFrom the author of the "hugely entertaining"(Publishers Weekly) The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten, lessons in debunking the faulty arguments we hear every day This latest book from the pop philosophy author of The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten tackles an endlessly fascinating area of popular debate-the faulty argument. Julian Baggini provides a rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating, and entertaining quotes from a wide range of famous people in politics, the media, and entertainment, including Donald Rumsfeld, Emma Thompson, Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, and Chris Martin. Each entry takes as its starting point an example of highly questionable-though oddly persuasive-reasoning from a broad variety of subjects. As Baggini teases out the logic in the illogical, armchair philosophers and aficionados of the absurd will find themselves nodding their heads as they laugh out loud. The Duck That Won the Lottery is perfect fodder for any cocktail party and pure pleasure for anyone who loves a good brain twister. |
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Page 19
... British government has set ambitious targets to halve child poverty by 2010 and abolish it altogether by 2020. Since it made that pledge , 600,000 children have been taken out of poverty . But in 2005-6 there was a serious setback and ...
... British government has set ambitious targets to halve child poverty by 2010 and abolish it altogether by 2020. Since it made that pledge , 600,000 children have been taken out of poverty . But in 2005-6 there was a serious setback and ...
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... British Drinking Water Inspectorate thinks so . They insist that " All public water supplies in England and Wales are safe to drink and there is no need to install addi- tional treatment within the home as a health protection measure ...
... British Drinking Water Inspectorate thinks so . They insist that " All public water supplies in England and Wales are safe to drink and there is no need to install addi- tional treatment within the home as a health protection measure ...
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... ( British ) panel concluded this week , there is no evidence that GM crops now in commercial cultivation are more dangerous to human health than conventional foods . So there is no reason why Europeans should not eat the GM food that ...
... ( British ) panel concluded this week , there is no evidence that GM crops now in commercial cultivation are more dangerous to human health than conventional foods . So there is no reason why Europeans should not eat the GM food that ...
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... British panel has concluded that GM foods are safe to eat that there is no reason not to eat them . Many people are opposed to GM foods for non - health reasons , such as their alleged threat to biodiversity , the power they give ...
... British panel has concluded that GM foods are safe to eat that there is no reason not to eat them . Many people are opposed to GM foods for non - health reasons , such as their alleged threat to biodiversity , the power they give ...
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... British Muslims , 80 percent said they had suf- fered Islamophobia . Maxine Frith , The Independent ( London ) 18 Percipi est esse is a ( possibly ungrammatical ) inversion of Bishop Berkeley's esse est percipi : to be is to be ...
... British Muslims , 80 percent said they had suf- fered Islamophobia . Maxine Frith , The Independent ( London ) 18 Percipi est esse is a ( possibly ungrammatical ) inversion of Bishop Berkeley's esse est percipi : to be is to be ...
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XVII | 40 |
XVIII | 43 |
XIX | 47 |
XX | 50 |
XXI | 54 |
XXII | 57 |
XXIII | 60 |
XXIV | 63 |
XXV | 66 |
XXVI | 69 |
XXVII | 72 |
XXVIII | 75 |
XXIX | 79 |
XXX | 82 |
XXXI | 85 |
XXXII | 88 |
XXXIII | 91 |
XXXIV | 95 |
XXXV | 98 |
XXXVI | 102 |
XXXVII | 106 |
XXXVIII | 110 |
XXXIX | 113 |
XL | 116 |
XLI | 119 |
XLII | 122 |
XLIII | 125 |
XLIV | 128 |
XLV | 131 |
XLVI | 135 |
XLVII | 138 |
XLVIII | 141 |
XLIX | 144 |
L | 147 |
LI | 150 |
LII | 153 |
LIII | 156 |
LIV | 159 |
LXIII | 187 |
LXIV | 190 |
LXV | 193 |
LXVI | 196 |
LXVII | 199 |
LXVIII | 202 |
LXIX | 205 |
LXX | 208 |
LXXI | 211 |
LXXII | 214 |
LXXIII | 217 |
LXXIV | 220 |
LXXV | 223 |
LXXVI | 226 |
LXXVII | 229 |
LXXVIII | 232 |
LXXIX | 235 |
LXXX | 238 |
LXXXI | 241 |
LXXXII | 244 |
LXXXIII | 247 |
LXXXIV | 250 |
LXXXV | 253 |
LXXXVI | 257 |
LXXXVII | 260 |
LXXXVIII | 264 |
LXXXIX | 267 |
XC | 270 |
XCI | 273 |
XCII | 276 |
XCIII | 279 |
XCIV | 283 |
XCV | 286 |
XCVI | 290 |
XCVII | 293 |
XCVIII | 296 |
XCIX | 299 |
C | 302 |
CI | 305 |
CII | 309 |
CIII | 312 |
CIV | 316 |
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The Duck That Won the Lottery: 100 New Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher Julian Baggini No preview available - 2009 |
The Duck That Won the Lottery: 100 New Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher Julian Baggini No preview available - 2009 |
Common terms and phrases
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