Philosophy Bites is a selection of the best interviews from the hugely successful podcast of the same name. Leading philosophers discuss a wide range of philosophical issues, from ethics to aesthetics to metaphysics, in a lively, informal, personal way. Time, infinity, evil, friendship, animals, wine, sport, tragedy - all human life is here. Philosophy Bites was set up in 2007 by David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton. It has, to date, had 7 million downloads, and is listened to all over the world.
| ISBN | 0199576327 | | Pages | 272 | | ISBN13 | 9780199576326
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 356 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press | | Published in | Oxford | | Imprint | Oxford University Press | | Height (mm) | 202 | | Format | Hardback | | Width (mm) | 136 | | Publication date | 12 Aug 2010 | | Spine width (mm) | 26 | | DEWEY | 100 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| | | Introduction | | |
| | | What is Philosophy? | | |
| | | ETHICS | | |
| 1 | | Julian Savulescu on áYuk!' | | 1 |
| 2 | | Simon Blackburn on Relativism | | 10 |
| 3 | | Peter Singer on Animals | | 18 |
| 4 | | Michael Sandel on Sport and Enhancement | | 29 |
| 5 | | Alexander Nehamas on Friendship | | 38 |
| | | POLITICS | | |
| 6 | | Kwame Anthony Appiah on Cosmopolitanism | | 47 |
| 7 | | Miranda Fricker on Credibility and Discrimination | | 58 |
| 8 | | Anne Phillips on Multiculturalism | | 68 |
| 9 | | Will Kymlicka on Minority Rights | | 77 |
| 10 | | Wendy Brown on Tolerance | | 88 |
| | | METAPHYSICS AND MIND | | |
| 11 | | A. W. Moore on Infinity | | 97 |
| 12 | | David Papineau on Scientific Realism | | 105 |
| 13 | | Barry Stroud on Scepticism | | 117 |
| 14 | | Hugh Mellor on Time | | 126 |
| 15 | | Tim Crane on Mind and Body | | 134 |
| 16 | | Timothy Williamson on Vagueness | | 142 |
| | | AESTHETICS | | |
| 17 | | Derek Matravers on the Definition of Art | | 153 |
| 18 | | Alain de Botton on the Aesthetics of Architecture | | 162 |
| 19 | | Barry C. Smith on Wine | | 172 |
| 20 | | Alex Neill on the Paradox of Tragedy | | 181 |
| | | GOD, ATHEISM, AND THE MEANING OF LIFE | | |
| 21 | | Don Cupitt on Non-Realism about God | | 191 |
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It affords many valuable insights into ethical issues. Western Daily Press, 27.11.10 As introductions to philosophy go, these bite-size dialogues add up to a surprisingly substantial whole. Publishers Weekly This thoughtful and highly readable collection of conversations with philosophers...displays an admirable grasp of a variety of issues. Publishers Weekly
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