Julian Baggini
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| Julian Baggini | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | PhD in philosophy (1996) |
| Alma mater | University College London |
| Occupation | Philosopher, writer |
| Website | |
| www.julianbaggini.com | |
Julian Baggini (born 1968, UK) is the author of several books about philosophy written for a general audience. He is the author of The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and 99 other thought experiments (2005) and is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Philosophers' Magazine. He was awarded his PhD in 1996 from University College London for a thesis on the philosophy of personal identity. He contributes to a variety of newspapers, magazines and BBC radio.
[edit] Works
- The Ego Trick: What Does It Mean To Be You? - Granta Books, 2011
- Should You Judge This Book by Its Cover? - Granta, 2009
- The Duck That Won the Lottery: And 99 Other Bad Arguments (published in paperback in UK as Do They Think You're Stupid?) - Granta, 2008 ISBN 978-1847080837
- Complaint: From Minor Moans to Principled Protests - Profile Books, 2008. ISBN 978-1846680571
- Welcome to Everytown: a journey into the English mind - Granta, 2007.
- The Ethics Toolkit: A Compendium of Ethical Concepts and Methods, Blackwell, 2007 (co-written with Peter S. Fosl) ISBN 978-1405132312
- Do You Think What You Think You Think? - Granta, 2006 (co-written with Stangroom, J.)
- The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and 99 other thought experiments - Granta, 2005.
- What’s It All about? Philosophy and the meaning of life - Granta, 2004.
- Making Sense: Philosophy Behind the Headlines - Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Atheism: A Very Short Introduction - Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 978-0192804242
- Philosophy: Key Themes - Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
- Philosophy: Key Texts - Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
- The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods - Blackwell, 2002 (co-written with Peter S. Fosl) ISBN 978-1405190183
- Great Thinkers A-Z - Continuum, 2004 (co-written with Stangroom, J. (eds.))
- What Philosophers Think - Continuum, 2003 (co-written with Stangroom, J. (eds.))
- New British Philosophy: The interviews - Routledge, 2002 (co-written with Stangroom, J. (eds.)).
[edit] Notes
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[edit] External links
- Julian Baggini's Blog
- Website of The Philosophers' Magazine
- Digital Edition of The Philosophers' Magazine
- "The curry house waiter and other problems" by Julian Baggini, The Guardian, August 1, 2005
- The introduction to Baggini's book "What's It All About"