I'm a UK writer.  My specialisms are philosophy, science and short fiction.

Contact me: gary@garyhayden.co.uk

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November 2011

YOU KANT MAKE IT UP: STRANGE IDEAS FROM HISTORY'S GREATEST PHILOSOPHERS is now available in the UK, Australia, Singapore, etc.

To order from from Amazon. Click here.

Or you can purchase it from any good bookstore.

Back-of-book blurb:

"Lively and entertaining.  It shows some great philosophers at their weirdest and wonderful best."  Peter Cave - author of Can A Robot Be Human?

"A delightful read.  Fun and informative."  William Irwin - Professor of Philosophy, King's College Pennsylvania.

Packed with compelling arguments for the downright strange and the deliciously absurd, popular philosopher Gary Hayden offers a thrilling, non-stop tour of philosophy's most outrageous conclusions:

- Grass isn't green (Locke)
- Dan Brown is better than Shakespeare (Bentham)
- To be kind is selfish (Hobbes)
- Harry Potter exists (Meinong)

Spanning ethics, logic, politics, sex and religion, Hayden shows that just because something is odd, doesn't mean that a great thinker hasn't argued for it (or that it isn't correct).  From Socrates to Neitzsche, this unconventional introduction to philosophy will challenge your assumptions, infuriate, entertain and amuse you.

Check out my popular philosophy blog:

http://garyhaydenspopularphilosophyblog.blogspot.com/