The Stone Reader: Modern Philosophy in 133 Arguments

by Peter Catapano (Editor)

Other authorsSimon Critchley (Editor)
Hardcover, 2015

Status

Available

Call number

190

Collection

Publication

Liveright (2015), Edition: 1, 816 pages

Description

A collection of influential pieces originally published in the popular "New York Times" column explores subjects ranging from consciousness and morality to the gender divide and gun control, with an introduction about the column's founding and editorial process.

User reviews

LibraryThing member pw0327
This is a fantastic compilation of The Stone Reader column that is published in the New York Times for the last few years.

I read the columns on occasion and the level of discourse is uneven but when the article is good, it is fantastic.

This compilation is a worthy collection of the varied and
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disarmingly charming topics that the column had elicited over the years.

It is a book that does not call for being read in one sitting, it is however,a tome to be savored, dissected, and analyzed repeatedly in order to entertain one's mind. A most welcomed series for those time that we need to let our minds reach into the nether reaches of our thoughts and replenish our mental energies while getting away from the daily grind.

It is, a most welcomed respite.
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LibraryThing member Paul_S
A few worthwhile essays but the vast majority just read like opinionated editorials. There are a few essays arguing about the nature of philosophy itself and let me throw in my opinion as well: philosophy is thinking about the important and eternal issues. A lot of essays do not qualify with their
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obsession over the political and whatever was relevant that brief moment they were written in.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

816 p.; 9.6 inches

ISBN

9781631490712

UPC

001631490710
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