Do Llamas Fall in Love?

33 Perplexing Philosophy Puzzles

Peter Cave

• Publisher: Oneworld Publications
• Year: 2010
• eBook ISBN:
  9781780740171
• Subtopic: Philosophy History & Theory

The sensational follow-up to the bestsellers Can a Robot be Human? and What's Wrong with Eating People?

In this stunning sequel to his bestselling philosophy books, "Can a Robot be Human?" and "What's Wrong with Eating People", Peter Cave once again engages the reader in a romp through the best bits of philosophical thought. With the aid of tall stories, jokes, common sense and bizarre insights, Cave tackles some of life's most important questions and introduces the puzzles that will keep you pondering throughout the night. Illustrated with quirky cartoons throughout, "Do Llamas Fall in Love?" leaves no stone unturned, covering a smorgasbord of topics including logic, ethics, art and politics. It will provide a perfect gift for anyone who puzzles about the world.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Someone else will ...
• 2. Pinter and Isabella: tethering them down
• 3. The violinist: should you unplug?
• 4. Resolutions, good intentions – and cream buns
• 5. ‘But it’s art, dear Aunt Matilda’
• 6. Modesty and shame: a cat and mouse tale
• 7. A Bottle Imp – for sale
• 8. Going for cover – from arms dealing to casting couches
• 9. Squabbling sailors: if this be democracy ...
• 10. Misfortune, Miss Fortuna – and malicious delight
• 11. A goat with gaps
• 12. What sort of children should there be?
• 13. The card-sharp camel or ‘Your number’s up’
• 14. Indoctrination: when believing goes wrong
• 15. Jesters, Bertrand Russell and paradox
• 16. Walk on by ... ?
• 17. Let the music play
• 18. Time for zoological investigations – from the bedroom
• 19. Addicted to love
• 20. Mercy: tempering and tampering with justice
• 21. Speaking of whom?
• 22. The frog, the scorpion and ‘thou shalt not’
• 23. Creamy philosophers: who knows who knows ...
• 24. Exemptions: doctors, conscience and the niqab
• 25. Pin dropping
• 26. Preferences: avoiding the money pump
• 27. A gazelle, a sloth and a chicken
• 28. On how good punishment is bad, so bad
• 29. A knowing god knows how much?
• 30. A whole cloud of philosophy – from cogito ergo sum to a drop of grammar
• 31. Infinity, infinities and Hilbert’s Hotel
• 32. Life without end: too much of a good thing?
• 33. Mindful of Barbarians – within and without
• Appendix 1 Further reading
• Appendix 2 Notes, sources and references
• Appendix 3 Paradoxes and puzzles: a quick finder
• General index