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Books for New Philosophers
The Philosophy FilesThe Philosophy Files by Stephen Law
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A book I'm jealous I didn't write: an introduction to a wide range of philsophical issues through stories that are engaging but not patronising.
The Philosophy Files 2The Philosophy Files 2 by Stephen Law
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Another book from the irritatingly talented Stephen Law.
The Philosophy Gym: 25 Short Adventures in ThinkingThe Philosophy Gym: 25 Short Adventures in Thinking by Stephen Law
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A step up in difficulty from the Philosophy Files, this book uses a dialogue form and starts to probe more deeply into reasoning - but still very accessible.
The Pig That Wants to be Eaten: And Ninety-nine Other Thought ExperimentsThe Pig That Wants to be Eaten: And Ninety-nine Other Thought Experiments by Julian Baggini
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A model of short, sharp writing with each philosophical issue introduced with a interesting scenario, followed by some of the responses to it but always leaving loose ends to think about.
The Duck That Won the Lottery: and 99 Other Bad ArgumentsThe Duck That Won the Lottery: and 99 Other Bad Arguments by Julian Baggini
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More technical. Ranges beyond philosophy to take the knife to sloppy thinking everywhere. Don't be too smug when it comes to pointing out others' logical errors. Just pity them inwardly.