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A Short History of Truth - Consolations for a Post-Truth World by Julian Baggini
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ 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
Do You Think What You Think You Think? The ultimate philosophy quiz book by Julian Baggini & Jeremy Stangroom (illus Katharine Reeve)
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Is your brain ready for a thorough philosophical health check? Really, it won't hurt a bit...Is what you believe coherent and consistent? Or is it a jumble of contradictions? If you could design yourself a God, what would He (or She, or It) be like? Can you spot the logical flaw in an argument (even if ...Show more
Freedom Regained: The Possibility of Free Will by Julian Baggini
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ 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: Global/Philosophy by Julian Baggini
$37.00 NZD
Category: NZ 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
$33.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
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. Pay attention.As politics slides toward impulsivity, and outrage bests rationality, how can philosophy help us critically engage with real w ...Show more
Life: a User's Manual - Life Advice from the Great Philosophers to Get You Through by Julian Baggini; Antonia Macaro
$26.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
A therapeutic guide of how to live, using the teachings from philosophers throughout history on the problems that affect us every day. 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 ...Show more
Should You Judge This Book by Its Cover?: 100 Fresh Takes on Familiar Sayings and Quotations by Julian Baggini
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
This is another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy from the master of the genre. This time Baggini applies his philosophical scalpel to famous sayings, proverbs and pieces of homespun wisdom. Should you really do as the Romans do when in Rome and practice ...Show more
The Big Questions: Ethics by Julian Baggini
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Series: The Big Questions
'The Big Questions' series is designed to let renowned experts confront the 20 most fundamental and frequently asked questions of a major branch of science or philosophy. In 'The Big Questions: Ethics' Julian Baggini, one of Britain's best-known philosophers, condenses complex, contemporary issues of ri ...Show more
The Duck That Won the Lottery : and 99 other bad arguments by Julian Baggini
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
This companion volume to "The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten" provides another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy. This time the focus is on the bad argumentative moves people use all the time, in politics, the media and everyday life. Each entry will be aroun ...Show more
The Ego Trick by Julian Baggini
$37.00 NZD
Category: General
Are you still the person who lived 15, 10 or five years ago? 15, 10 or five minutes ago? Can you plan for your retirement if the you of 30 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 more fragmented a ...Show more
The Godless Gospel - Was Jesus a Great Moral Teacher? by Julian Baggini
$32.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
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.
The Shrink and the Sage: A Guide to Living by Julian Baggini & Antonia Macaro
$29.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Based on their Financial Times Weekend column, philosopher Julian Baggini and his psychotherapist partner Antonia Macaro offer intriguing answers to life's questions. Can infidelity be good for you? What does it mean to stay true to yourself? Must we fulfil our potential? Self-help with a distinctly c ...Show more
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