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A Short History of Truth: Consolations for a Post-Truth World by Julian Baggini
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
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
A Short History of Truth - Consolations for a Post-Truth World by Julian Baggini
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
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
Complaint : From Minor Moans to Principled Protests (Big Ideas series) by Julian Baggini
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Complaining is very popular - as shown by the success of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, Crap Towns and Is It Me Or Is Everything Shit? But there has been no book on the actual subject - until now.Conversation would be extremely limited if we stopped moaning. But whereas we once complained about the things tha ...Show more
Freedom Regained: The Possibility of Free Will by Julian Baggini
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
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
Freedom Regained: The Possibility of Free Will by Julian Baggini
$23.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
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
Grayson Perry: My Pretty Little Art Career by Rachel Kent, Grayson Perry, Julian Baggini and Louisa Buck
$59.95 AUD
Category: Art and Design
Grayson Perry (born Chelmsford, Essex 1960) is one of Britain's most acclaimed contemporary artists, known for his ceramic works, sculptures in iron and brass, drawings, prints and tapestries. With a keen eye for detail and a love of the popular and vernacular, Perry infuses his art works with a sly hum ...Show more
How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy by Julian Baggini
$27.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Julian Baggini's How the World Thinks is there to fill the Sapiens-size hole in your life' Observer's guide to Autumn in culture In this groundbreaking global overview of philosophy, Julian Baggini travels the world to provide a wide-ranging map of human thought. One of the great unexplained wonders of ...Show more
How the World Thinks: Global/Philosophy by Julian Baggini
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
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
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
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
How to Think Like a Philosopher: Essential Principles for Clearer Thinking by Julian Baggini
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
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. As politics slides toward impulsivity, and outrage bests rationality, how can philosophy help us critically engage with the world? How to Thi ...Show more
Life: a User's Manual - Philosophy for (almost) Any Eventuality by Julian Baggini; Antonia Macaro
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
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 to the big questions. And life does not follow a straight path from A to B.Since the beginning of time, people have asked questions about h ...Show more
Should You Judge This Book by Its Cover?: 100 Fresh Takes on Familiar Sayings and Quotations by Julian Baggini
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
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