Can a Robot be Human?: 33 Perplexing Philosophy Puzzles [Paperback]

"One of the most entertaining and thought provoking books I've come across in years. So stop messing around with trivia like Sudoku and give your brain a real treat by buying this book." --BBC Focus

"a chirpy introduction to philosophy through thought-experiments and paradoxes." --The Guardian

"The book continues to be unputdownable"
--Philosophy Now

'A must-read book' Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge
--Imre Leader

Peter Cave's Can a Robot Be Human? is entertaining, witty, and highly readable. A most enjoyable and illuminating read.

With skill and good humour, Peter Cave guides the reader through a maze of intriguing philosophical puzzles.

"This is a chirpy introduction to philosophy through thought-experiments and paradoxes."

"The book continues to be unputdownable"

"The examples are engaging and wittily explained, and enhanced by amusing cartoons"

In this book of puzzles and paradoxes, Peter Cave introduces some of life's most important questions with tales and tall stories, reasons and arguments, common sense and bizarre conclusions. From how to get to heaven, to speedy tortoises, paradoxes and puzzles give rise to some of the most exciting problems in philosophy - from logic to ethics and from art to politics. Illustrated with quirky cartoons throughout, "Can a Robot be human" takes the reader on a taster tour of the most interesting and delightful parts of philosophy. This title is for everyone who puzzles about the world.

Peter Cave teaches Philosophy at City University, London, UK. He has lectured around the world and often writes for Philosophy Now. He has written and presented philosophy programmes for the BBC.