| Description |
xii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
How to use this book -- 1. Where Did the Universe Come From? -- 2. What's Wrong with Gay Sex? -- 3. Brain-Snatched -- 4. Is Time Travel Possible? -- 5. Into the Lair of the Relativist -- 6. Could a Machine Think? -- 7. Does God Exist? -- 8. The Strange Case of the Rational Dentist -- 9. But Is It Art? -- 10. Can We Have Morality without God and Religion? -- 11. Is Creationism Scientific? -- 12. Designer Babies -- 13. The Consciousness Conundrum -- 14. Why Expect the Sun to Rise Tomorrow? -- 15. Do We Ever Deserve to Be Punished? -- 16. The Meaning Mystery -- 17. Killing Mary to Save Jodie -- 18. The Strange Realm of Numbers -- 19. What Is Knowledge? -- 20. Is Morality like a Pair of Spectacles? -- 21. Should You Be Eating That? -- 22. Brain Transplants, 'Teleportation' and the Puzzle of Personal Identity -- 23. Miracles and the Supernatural -- 24. How to Spot Eight Everyday Reasoning Errors -- 25. Seven Paradoxes |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Philosophy -- Miscellanea.
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Imaginary conversations.
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| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea.
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| LC no. |
2003050699 |
| ISBN |
0747232687 |
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0312314523 |
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