Do You Think What You Think You Think?: The Ultimate Philosophical HandbookExplore the gray areas in your gray matter with philosophical brainteasers from armchair philosopher and bestselling author of The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten, Julian Baggini. Is your brain ready for a thorough philosophical health check? Julian Baggini, the author of the international bestseller The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten, and his fellow founding editor of The Philosopher's Magazine Jeremy Stangroom 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? Do You Think What You Think You Think features a dozen philosophical quizzes guaranteed to make armchair philosophers uncomfortably shift in their seats. Fun, challenging, and surprising, this book will enable you to discover the you you never knew you were. |
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... choose to drive when you could have used another mode of transport , you are guilty of unnecessarily damaging the environment . The problem here is the word unnecessarily . Very few things are necessary , if by necessary it is meant ...
... choose to drive when you could have used another mode of transport , you are guilty of unnecessarily damaging the environment . The problem here is the word unnecessarily . Very few things are necessary , if by necessary it is meant ...
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... choosing , it must be an illusion that I have a genuine choice , as fate has decreed that there is , in fact , only one ... choose . This makes it untrue that " Having made a choice , it is always possible that one might have chosen ...
... choosing , it must be an illusion that I have a genuine choice , as fate has decreed that there is , in fact , only one ... choose . This makes it untrue that " Having made a choice , it is always possible that one might have chosen ...
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