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Plato at the Googleplex

Book Review: Plato at the Googleplex

July 10, 2014April 2, 2020 / rung2diotimasladder / 6 Comments

When my friend told me she heard on NPR that there was a new book out in which “some female philosopher” resurrects the voice of Plato to address today's moral issues, I took a wild guess as to the author: Rebecca Goldstein. Maybe the guess wasn’t so wild. I had read The Mind-Body Problem and … Continue reading Book Review: Plato at the Googleplex

Does Philosophy Matter?

June 25, 2014April 2, 2020 / rung2diotimasladder / 20 Comments

Okay so the question beckons a philosophical point of view to answer it, which makes it undermine itself. But let's not go there.     And I don't mean to write a self-congratulatory post about how important philosophy is, even though no one knows it. That's also a downward spiral. I ask this question even … Continue reading Does Philosophy Matter?

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