For decades academics in many universities have been churning out fashionable nonsense, creating entirely new academic disciplines such as difference feminism, deconstructionism, the sociology of knowledge.[...]
Would You Eat Your Cat? challenges you to examine these and many other philosophical questions. This unique collection of classic and modern problems and paradoxes is guaranteed to test your preconceptions. Jeremy Stangroom creates contemporary versions of famous dilemmas that explore the morality o[...]
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 fo[...]
The Little Book of Big Ideas: Religion contains encyclopedic entries on 50 of the world's religious and theological giants. From Jesus and Buddha to Moses and Mohammed all major movements of religious thinking are explored and explained providing not only a basic religious reference but also an inva[...]
Truth has always been a central preoccupation of philosophy in all its forms and traditions. However, in the late twentieth century truth became suddenly rather unfashionable. The precedence given to assorted political and ideological agendas, along with the rise of relativism, postmodernism and pse[...]
Riddles, paradoxes, and conundrums have been confusing and confounding people since at least the time of the Ancient Greeks. The eponymous riddle, according to legend, was devised by Albert Einstein as a child. He claimed that only about 2% of the population would be able to work out the correct ans[...]
Throughout history, philosophers have devised ingenious thought experiments to find solutions to the most fiendish of problems. The world's greatest thinkers have grappled with puzzles such as Free Will, Personal Identity and the Problem of Other Minds. Step into this intriguing world and try your o[...]
Philosophers have been devising thought experiments to challenge the mind for more than two millennia. Some of the greatest thinkers in history have grappled with such thorny issues as free will, personal identity, and the problem of other minds. The way we try to solve these problems and puzzles ca[...]
Is your brain ready for a thorough philosophical health check? This work presents quizzes that reveal what you really think and what it all adds up to.[...]
Boken inneholder ulike oppgaver, hjernenøtter, gåter, nøtter og logikkoppgaver i alle vanskelighetsgrader.
Utfordringene i denne boka vil holde deg og hjernen din i topp form etter hvert som du løser dem. Her finner du både Einstein gåte og flere andre kjente og ukjente nøtter, par[...]
Paradoxer och etiska problem som garanterat sätter dina förutfattade meningar på prov. Genom utmanande och bitvis frustrerande frågeställningar vinner du insikter i ditt eget moraliska system.
Är det bättre att vara sexist än misantrop? Är det vår moraliska plikt att göra slut[...]
Världens stora religioner i litet format
Vad beror splittringen mellan shia- och sunniislam på och vad är egentligen skillnaden mellan de båda riktningarna? Hur har filosofer och teologer genom tiderna resonerat kring bevisen för Guds existens? I vilken världsreligion har en hel[...]
I stora delar av världen präglas kvinnors liv av lidande och fruktan. De behandlas som mäns egendom. De har få eller inga rättigheter, får inte utbilda sig, hålls som fångar i sina hem eller tvingas bära kläder som begränsar rörelsefriheten.
De får inte rösta, nekas medicins[...]
I stora delar av världen präglas kvinnors liv av lidande och fruktan. De behandlas som mäns egendom. De har få eller inga rättigheter, får inte utbilda sig, hålls som fångar i sina hem eller tvingas bära kläder som begränsar rörelsefriheten. De får inte rösta, nekas medicinsk behandlin[...]
What does evolution mean today? Do we have free will? How is technology changing the way we understand life? Where is God? Does art have a value? Is science the new philosophy? What are the ethics of making war? How does language hold meaning? Is freedom possible? These are only some of the question[...]