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298: 99:. It is an introduction to philosophical thinking aimed at adults. It covers twenty-five philosophical questions, chosen for their relevance to today's society. The book aims for accessibility. This is often done, as in "What's wrong with gay sex?", by putting the question into a theatrical script. 24: 339: 148:
The strange case of the rational dentist (a look at specific knowledge of other minds and the extent to which we may have knowledge of them)
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Brain – snatched (discussion of metaphysical issues of knowledge of the external world, and Déscartes' '
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The meaning mystery (an examination of linguistics and the ways in which language may have meaning)
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Killing Mary to save Jodie (a discussion of utilitarianism and the nature of ethics)
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Why expect the sun to rise tomorrow? (an examination of Hume's problem of induction)
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Is morality like a pair of spectacles (a look at subjectivism amongst other things)
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The strange realm of numbers (discussion of the nature of mathematics)
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Brain transplants, teleportation and the puzzle of personal identity
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Should you be eating that (a look at the case for vegetarianism)
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conundrum (a look at the debated nature of consciousness)
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The Philosophy Gym: 25 Short Adventures in Thinking
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The Philosophy Gym: 25 Short Adventures in Thinking
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Stephen Law
Public philosophy
Thomas Dunne Books
ISBN
9780312314521
Stephen Law
Cogito Ergo Sum
time travel
relativist
morality without God
designer babies
consciousness
punished
paradoxes
"Blackham Lecture 2013: How do we raise moral children?"
"I win the Mindelheim Philosophy Prize"
The Philosophy Gym
Stub icon
philosophy
stub
expanding it
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t
e
Categories
2003 non-fiction books
Thomas Dunne Books books
Philosophy book stubs

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