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A Short History of Truth - Consolations for a Post-Truth World by Julian Baggini
Category: Non-Fiction
How did we find ourselves in a "post-truth" world of "alternative facts"? And can we get out of it? A Short History of Truth sets out to answer these questions by looking at the complex history of truth and falsehood. It identifies ten types of supposed truth and explains how easily each can become the ...Show more
Freedom Regained: The Possibility of Free Will by Julian Baggini
Category: Non-Fiction
Do we have free will? It's a question that has puzzled philosophers and theologians for centuries and feeds into numerous political, social, and personal concerns. Are we products of our culture, or free agents within it? How much responsibility should we take for our actions? Are our neural pathways fi ...Show more
How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy by Julian Baggini
Category: Non-Fiction
Julian Baggini's How the World Thinks is there to fill the Sapiens-size hole in your life' Observer's guide to Autumn in culture In this groundbreaking global overview of philosophy, Julian Baggini travels the world to provide a wide-ranging map of human thought. One of the great unexplained wonders of ...Show more
How the World Thinks: Global/Philosophy by Julian Baggini
Category: Non-Fiction
The first ever global overview of philosophy: how it developed around the world and impacted the cultures in which it flourished.
How to Think Like a Philosopher: Essential Principles for Clearer Thinking by Julian Baggini
Category: Reference
The key principles for a more humane and balanced approach to thinking, to politics and to life, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of How the World Thinks. As politics slides toward impulsivity, and outrage bests rationality, how can philosophy help us critically engage with the world? How to Thi ...Show more
Life: a User#s Manual by Julian Baggini; Antonia Macaro
Category: Science
How should I live?What is my purpose? Can I find happiness?Ever felt as though life would be simpler if it came with an instruction manual? There are no easy answers to the big questions. And life does not follow a straight path from A to B.Since the beginning of time, people have asked questions about ...Show more
Philosophy: All That Matters by Julian Baggini
Category: Non-Fiction
What's the point of it all? In Philosophy: All That Matters, bestselling philosopher Julian Baggini shows how abstract ideas feed into the most important existential questions of all. He tells the story of Philosophy, bringing together and interlinking all its different areas, to create what is perhaps ...Show more
Philosophy: Key Themes by Julian Baggini
Category: Non-Fiction
Philosophy: Key Themes is a beginner's guide to understanding and critiquing philosophical arguments. Each chapter introduces one of the major themes in philosophy. Baggini's approach combines explanation with summary while encouraging the reader to question the arguments and positions presented.
Really Really Big Questions About Faith by Julian Baggini
Category: Education | Series: Really Really Big Questions Ser.
"Really Really Big Questions About Faith" is an unusual and fun introduction to the philosophy, ethics and meaning behind different kinds of belief. It explores tricky, strange and often unanswered questions such as Do miracles really happen? What do gods look like? Do all religions have a rule book? An ...Show more
The Edge of Reason: A Rational Skeptic in an Irrational World by Julian Baggini
Category: Philosophy
An urgent defense of reason, the essential method for resolving-or even discussing-divisive issues Reason, long held as the highest human achievement, is under siege. According to Aristotle, the capacity for reason sets us apart from other animals, yet today it has ceased to be a universally admired fac ...Show more
The Ego Trick by Julian Baggini
Category: Non-Fiction
Are you still the person who lived fifteen, ten or five years ago? Fifteen, ten or five minutes ago? Can you plan for your retirement if the you of thirty years hence is in some sense a different person? What and who is the real you? Does it remain constant over time and place, or is it something much m ...Show more
The Godless Gospel: Was Jesus A Great Moral Teacher? by Julian Baggini
Category: Philosophy
Do Jesus's teachings add up to a coherent moral system, still relevant today? From the Sunday Times bestselling author of How the World Thinks.