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The duck that won the lottery, 100 new experiments for the armchair philosopher, Julian Baggini

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The duck that won the lottery, 100 new experiments for the armchair philosopher, Julian Baggini

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-321)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The duck that won the lottery

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

276819847

Responsibility statement

Julian Baggini

Sub title

100 new experiments for the armchair philosopher

Summary

This latest book from the pop philosophy author of The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten tackles an endlessly fascinating area of popular debate--the faulty argument. Julian Baggini provides a rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating, and entertaining quotes from a wide range of famous people in politics, the media, and entertainment, including Donald Rumsfeld, Emma Thompson, Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, and Chris Martin. Each entry takes as its starting point an example of highly questionable, though oddly persuasive, reasoning from a broad variety of subjects. As Baggini teases out the logic in the illogical, armchair philosophers and aficionados of the absurd will find themselves nodding their heads as they laugh out loud.--From publisher description

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