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| + | | Title = The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten | ||
| + | | SortTitle = Pig That Wants to Be Eaten, The | ||
| + | | Image = Pig That Wants to Be Eaten, The.jpg | ||
| + | | ImageDescription = Paperback - USA - 1st Edition. | ||
| + | | Author = {{BookAuthor|Julian Baggini}} | ||
| + | | PublishedYear = 2005 | ||
| + | | PublishedMonth = 07 | ||
| + | | PublishedDay = 07 | ||
| + | | Type = {{BookType|Non-fiction}} | ||
| + | | Genre = {{BookGenre|Educational}} | ||
| + | | Themes = {{MediaTheme|Philosophy}} | ||
| + | | AgeGroup = Adult | ||
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| − | '''''The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments For the Armchair Philosopher''''' is a philosophy book by [[Julian Baggini]] published on 2005-07-07. It explores various philosophical [[thought experiment|thought experiments]] by framing them as short stories. The title comes from a scene in [[Douglas Adams]]'s book, ''[[The Restaurant | + | '''''The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments For the Armchair Philosopher''''' is a [[philosophy]] book by [[Julian Baggini]] published on 2005-07-07. It explores various philosophical [[thought experiment|thought experiments]] by framing them as short stories. The title comes from a scene in [[Douglas Adams]]'s book, ''[[The Restaurant at the End of the Universe]]'' where, in order to make eating meat seem less immoral, people bred an animal to become sentient and actually [[the cow that wants to be eaten|want to be eaten]]. |
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| + | | Read = Paperback - USA. | ||
| + | | Finished = 2011. | ||
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| + | The title stood out to me, as I assumed it was based on the interesting dilemma posed in ''The Restaurant at the End of the Universe''. After leafing through it and seeing it was about thought experiments, I bought it. I ended up reading it twice. When someone seemed interested in the book, I lent them a copy, but they never gave it back. | ||
==Review== | ==Review== | ||
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===Good=== | ===Good=== | ||
* Overall, I enjoyed this book. | * Overall, I enjoyed this book. | ||
| − | * The book does a good job at getting across several very interesting thought experiments. Not all of them were that thought-provoking, but several of them were really interesting and worth it | + | * The book does a good job at getting across several very interesting thought experiments. Not all of them were that thought-provoking, but several of them were really interesting and made the book worth it. |
* The framing method of telling each problem in a story is a nice way to make the problems seem more real-life, rather than the typical mental masturbation of philosophy. | * The framing method of telling each problem in a story is a nice way to make the problems seem more real-life, rather than the typical mental masturbation of philosophy. | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
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* [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/sep/03/highereducation.news theguardian.com/books/2005/sep/03/highereducation.news] - A review. | * [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/sep/03/highereducation.news theguardian.com/books/2005/sep/03/highereducation.news] - A review. | ||
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The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments For the Armchair Philosopher is a philosophy book by Julian Baggini published on 2005-07-07. It explores various philosophical thought experiments by framing them as short stories. The title comes from a scene in Douglas Adams's book, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe where, in order to make eating meat seem less immoral, people bred an animal to become sentient and actually want to be eaten.
Personal
| Own? | No. |
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| Read? | Paperback - USA. |
| Finished | 2011. |
The title stood out to me, as I assumed it was based on the interesting dilemma posed in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. After leafing through it and seeing it was about thought experiments, I bought it. I ended up reading it twice. When someone seemed interested in the book, I lent them a copy, but they never gave it back.
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Good
- Overall, I enjoyed this book.
- The book does a good job at getting across several very interesting thought experiments. Not all of them were that thought-provoking, but several of them were really interesting and made the book worth it.
- The framing method of telling each problem in a story is a nice way to make the problems seem more real-life, rather than the typical mental masturbation of philosophy.
Bad
- A lot of the thought experiments seem old-fashioned and can be answered fairly definitively thanks to the advancements of science. Zeno's paradox, for example.
- Several of the thought experiments do a pretty poor job in explaining the actual problem. No doubt Baggini couldn't explain them very well in only a couple hundred words, but it seemed like he could have made a better effort on several of the more abstract problems.
Ugly
- Nothing.
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