{"product_id":"lego-and-philosophy-paperback","title":"LEGO and Philosophy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Irwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRoy T. Cook\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSondra Bacharach\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow profound is a little plastic building block? It turns out the answer is \"very\"! 22 chapters explore philosophy through the world of LEGO which encompasses the iconic brick itself as well as the animated televisions shows, feature films, a vibrant adult fan base with over a dozen yearly conventions, an educational robotics program, an award winning series of videogames, hundreds of books, magazines, and comics, a team-building workshop program for businesses and much, much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDives into the many philosophical ideas raised by LEGO bricks and the global multimedia phenomenon they have created\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTackles metaphysical, logical, moral, and conceptual issues in a series of fascinating and stimulating essays\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces key areas of philosophy through topics such as creativity and play, conformity and autonomy, consumption and culture, authenticity and identity, architecture, mathematics, intellectual property, business and environmental ethics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by a global group of esteemed philosophers and LEGO fans\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA lively philosophical discussion of bricks, minifigures, and the LEGO world that will appeal to LEGO fans and armchair philosophers alike\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e How profound is a little plastic building block? It turns out the answer is 'very'! Today, LEGO has grown from a toy building block with trans-generational appeal to a multimedia phenomenon encompassing television shows and films, corporate training programs, educational robotics programs, fan conventions, clothing and accessories, and even a named professorship at Cambridge University. Written by a group of esteemed philosophers and LEGO fans, \u003ci\u003eLEGO and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e dives headfirst into the many philosophical ideas raised by the world of LEGO, not least of which is exploring what lies at the heart of what makes LEGO so special. It is a building tool that opens up a new world of possibility for the builder. Suddenly the domain of LEGO covers not only what is in our ordinary world, but a world that ends only at the limits of our own imaginations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Through twenty-two fascinating and stimulating chapters the book explores metaphysical, logical, moral, and conceptual issues. It introduces readers to key areas of philosophy through topics such as creativity and play, conformity and autonomy, consumption and culture, authenticity and identity, architecture, mathematics, business and environmental ethics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Perfect for fans and armchair philosophers alike, \u003ci\u003eLEGO and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e invites the reader to come and join the intellectual play of ideas!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Roy T. Cook\u003c\/b\u003e is CLA Scholar of the College and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and Resident Fellow at the Minnesota Center for the Philosophy of Science. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eParadoxes\u003c\/i\u003e (Polity, 2013) and \u003ci\u003eThe Yablo Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Arché Papers on the Mathematics of Abstraction\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley Blackwell, 2012) and \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Comics\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). No matter how much LEGO he buys, he never seems to have enough headlight bricks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Sondra Bacharach\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in the philosophy department at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She works in philosophy of art and philosophy for children. She is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eCollaborating Now: Art in the Twenty-first Century \u003c\/i\u003e(2016) and is the former co-editor of the American Society for Aesthetics \u003ci\u003eNewsletter.\u003c\/i\u003e When she's not doing philosophy, she can be found building Classic Spaceships (Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP!) with her kids' big box of LEGO.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 07, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761080271136,"sku":"9781119193975","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7e6786e3a3f9314ab164d6d3086e97c6.webp?v=1780199109","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lego-and-philosophy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}