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“One reason to choose it is not only that it has both volumes in it—Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass together—but it also has annotations by Martin Gardner, who wasn’t a philosopher, but a mathematician. The annotations are really so cool. Since the author Lewis Carroll—whose actual name was Charles Dodgson— was a mathematician you have many mathematical ideas in it. But you also have weird philosophical ideas about the philosophy of language, like, ‘Do cats eat bats or bats eat cats?’” Read more...
The Best Illustrated Philosophy Books
Helen De Cruz, Philosopher
“He just tells a story and then you notice the whole thing is peppered with little problems and things to think about…One almost needs a teacher’s handbook to go with it, and that’s what The Annotated Alice does” Read more...
The Best Philosophy Books for Children
Peter Worley, Philosopher
