Plato at the Googleplex Why Philosophy Won't Go Away

Name: Plato at the Googleplex Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
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ISBN: 9780307378194

ISBN-10: 0307378195

ISBN-13: 9780307378194

Edition: 2014

Authors: Rebecca Goldstein

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From the acclaimed writer and thinker--whose award-winning books include both fiction and nonfiction--a dazzlingly original plunge into the drama of philosophy, revealing its hidden but essential role in today's debates on love, religion, politics, and science. Imagine that Plato came to life in the twenty-first century and set out on a multicity speaking tour: How would he handle a host on Fox News who challenges him on religion and morality? How would he mediate a debate on the best way to raise a child between a Freudian psychoanalyst and a Tiger Mom? How would he answer a neuroscientist who, about to scan Plato's brain, argues that all his philosophical problems can be solved by our new…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/4/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English