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Julian Baggini

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University College London
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1996
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy, Introductions and Anthologies
Philosophy, General Works
Areas of Interest
Philosophy, Introductions and Anthologies
Philosophy, General Works
Theories of Personal Identity
The Self
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    The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher
    Plume. 2005.
    Both entertaining and startling, The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten offers one hundred philosophical puzzles that stimulate thought on a host of moral, social, and personal dilemmas. Taking examples from sources as diverse as Plato and Steven Spielberg, author Julian Baggini presents abstract philosophical issues in concrete terms, suggesting possible solutions while encouraging readers to draw their own conclusions: Lively, clever, and thought-provoking, The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten is a portable…Read more
    Thought Experiments
  •  26
    Ten British landmarks
    The Philosophers' Magazine 18 (18): 39-40. 2002.
  •  65
    Let’s talk about love
    The Philosophers' Magazine 39 12-14. 2007.
    Philosophy of Love
  •  31
    Video killed the intro book star
    The Philosophers' Magazine 28 78-79. 2004.
  •  7
    Zen and the art of dialogue
    The Philosophers' Magazine 33 62-67. 2006.
  •  7
    The duck that won the lottery: 100 new experiments for the armchair philosopher
    Plume. 2008.
    Presents an additional one hundred philosophical puzzles that encourage readers to seek their own conclusions about a broad spectrum of moral, social, and personal issues.
    ReasoningThought Experiments
  •  1
    Putnam’s progress
    The Philosophers' Magazine 15 43-45. 2001.
  •  85
    A piece of iMe: An interview with David Chalmers
    The Philosophers' Magazine (43): 41-49. 2008.
    The radical view, the view we’re kind of pushing, is that the iPhone can be seen literally as a part of my mind. I actually remember things: in virtue of this information being in the iPhone, it is part of my memory. The iPhone isn’t just a tool for my cognition, it’s part of my cognition
    Extended Cognition, Misc
  •  37
    Fresh directions
    The Philosophers' Magazine 7 51-51. 1999.
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    The pleasures of the table
    The Philosophers' Magazine 65 68-74. 2014.
  •  54
    Saying the unsayable
    The Philosophers' Magazine 25 35-37. 2004.
  •  30
    Less is more
    The Philosophers' Magazine 16 3-3. 2001.
  •  4
    The wisdom of not knowing
    The Philosophers' Magazine 37 36-45. 2007.
  •  25
    Bringing the grey to life
    The Philosophers' Magazine 34 76-78. 2006.
  •  19
    Philosophy Enters the Video Age
    The Philosophers' Magazine 3 10-11. 1998.
  •  25
    Who’s the greatest?
    The Philosophers' Magazine 19 43-45. 2002.
  •  29
    Dealing with change
    The Philosophers' Magazine 17 3-3. 2002.
  •  27
    The mind maker
    The Philosophers' Magazine 28 43-46. 2004.
    Truth
  •  32
    Simon says
    The Philosophers' Magazine 15 37-39. 2001.
  •  7
    The austere optimist
    The Philosophers' Magazine 47 25-33. 2009.
    If you’re thinking ethically you ought to try to take the point of view from which you consider whether you could prescribe the action if you were in the position of all of those affected by it. I think that if you consider the situation of poverty and affluence, if you were really to put yourself in the position of the poor person and the affluent person, and ask yourself whether you could support the view that the affluent person doesn’t give anything to the poor, you couldn’t.
  •  29
    The thinking man’s Tory
    The Philosophers' Magazine 32 46-49. 2005.
  •  5
    Anglo-Saxon reserve
    The Philosophers' Magazine 43 60-66. 2008.
    There’s not only indifference, there’s actually a huge sense of sneering superiority. The need for intercultural understanding and global dialogue between different philosophical traditions and philosophical countries is so important. It’s just crazy to think that in your own monoglot culture you’ve got all the essential tools that you need to do philosophy.
  •  1
    Darwin and Ethics
    The Philosophers' Magazine 4 49-49. 1998.
  •  1
    The invisible man (review)
    The Philosophers' Magazine 23 57-57. 2003.
  •  28
    Self-publish and be damned
    The Philosophers' Magazine 12 13-14. 2000.
    Ethics
  •  1
    God’s artillery opens fire (review)
    The Philosophers' Magazine 60 118-119. 2013.
  •  6
    The sceptical ethicist
    The Philosophers' Magazine 13 37-39. 2011.
    Moral Skepticism
  •  84
    Atheism: A Very Short Introduction
    Oxford University Press. 2003.
    Do you think of atheists as immoral pessimists who live their lives without meaning, purpose, or values? Think again! Atheism: A Very Short Introduction sets out to dispel the myths that surround atheism and show how a life without religious belief can be positive, meaningful, and moral.
    Philosophy of ReligionArguments Against TheismThe Number of GodsAtheism and Agnosticism
  •  6
    Nicholas Rescher, Philosophical Reasoning: A study in the methodology of philosophizing Reviewed by
    Philosophy in Review 22 (5): 361-363. 2002.
    Informal Logic
  •  18
    Who let the dogs in?
    The Philosophers' Magazine 27 18-19. 2004.