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Bezig met laden... Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away (origineel 2014; editie 2015)door Rebecca Newberger Goldstein (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkPlato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away door Rebecca Goldstein (2014)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. It's been some time since I read this, and I don't recall any details. ( ) Learned a lot about Plato and his times. Not sure I liked the format of the book, chapters featuring a modern-day Plato in the present (on a book tour) alternating with chapters about Plato and his environment and his writings. But I guess the mixture was better than if the book had been only one or the other. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"From the acclaimed writer and thinker--whose award-winning books include both fiction and non-fiction--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 21st century and set out on a multi-city 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 technologies? What would he make of Google, and the idea that knowledge can be crowdsourced rather than reasoned out by experts? With a philosopher's depth and a novelist's imagination, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein probes the deepest issues confronting us--from sexuality and child-rearing to morality and the meaning of life--by allowing us to eavesdrop on Plato as he encounters the modern world. By reviving the Platonic art of the dialogue for the 21st century, she demonstrates that the questions he first posed continue to confound and enlarge us"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)184Philosophy and Psychology Ancient, medieval and eastern philosophy PlatonicLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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