A timeless volume to be read and treasured, __The Stone Reader__ provides an unparalleled overview of contemporary philosophy.
Once solely the province of ivory-tower professors and college classrooms, contemporary philosophy was finally emancipated from its academic closet in 2010, when The Stone was launched in __The New York Times__. First appearing as an online series, the column quickly attracted millions of readers through its accessible examination of universal topics like the nature of science, consciousness and morality, while also probing more contemporary issues such as the morality of drones, gun control and the gender divide.
Now collected for the first time in this handsomely designed volume, __The Stone Reader__ presents 133 meaningful and influential essays from the series, placing nearly the entirety of modern philosophical discourse at a reader’s grasp. The book, divided into four broad sections—Philosophy, Science, Religion and Morals, and Society—opens with a series of questions about the scope, history and identity of philosophy: What are the practical uses of philosophy? Does the discipline, begun in the West in ancient Greece with Socrates, favor men and exclude women? Does the history and study of philosophy betray a racial bias against non-white thinkers, or geographical bias toward the West?
These questions and others form a foundation for readers as the book moves to the second section, Science, where some of our most urgent contemporary philosophical debates are taking place. Will artificial intelligence compromise our morality? Does neuroscience undermine our free will? Is there is a legitimate place for the humanities in a world where science and technology appear to rule? Should the evidence for global warming change the way we live, or die?
In the book’s third section, Religion and Morals, we find philosophy where it is often at its best, sharpest and most disturbing—working through the arguments provoked by competing moral theories in the face of real-life issues and rigorously addressing familiar ethical dilemmas in a new light. Can we have a true moral life without belief in God? What are the dangers of moral relativism?
In its final part, Society, __The Stone Reader__ returns to its origins as a forum to encourage philosophers who are willing to engage closely, critically and analytically with the affairs of the day, including economic inequality, technology and racial discrimination. In directly confronting events like the September 11 attacks, the killing of Trayvon Martin, the Sandy Hook School massacre, the essays here reveal the power of philosophy to help shape our viewpoints on nearly every issue we face today.
With an introduction by Peter Catapano that details the column’s founding and distinct editorial process at __The New York Times__, and prefatory notes to each section by Simon Critchley, __The Stone Reader__ promises to become not only an intellectual landmark but also a confirmation that philosophy is, indeed, for everyone.

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Stone Reader: Modern Philosophy in 133, 1, 2015

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Essays selected from the New York Times' column, The Stone.

Content: Section I. Philosophy : New impressions of an old profession : What is a philosopher? / Simon Critchley
The flight of curiosity / Justin E.H. Smith
Philosophy as an art of dying / Costica Bradatan
Philosophy: what's the use? / Gary Gutting
In the cave: philosophy and addiction / Peg O'Connor
Women in philosophy?: Do the math / Sally Haslanger
What's wrong with philosophy? / Linda Martín Alcoff
The disappearing women / Rae Langton
The difficulty of philosophy / Alexander George
The philosophical dinner party / Frieda Klotz
When Socrates met Phaedrus: eros in philosophy / Simon Critchley --
The geography of philosophy : The Enlightenment's "race" problem and ours / Justin E.H. Smith
Kung fu for philosophers / Peimin Ni
Bridging the analytic-continental divide / Gary Gutting
Of cannibals, kings and culture: the problem of ethnocentricity / Adam Etinson
Found in translation / Hamid Dabashi
Born again in a second language / Costica Bradatan
Philosophy's western bias / Justin E.H. Smith --
Rethinking thinkers : Spinoza's vision of freedom, and ours / Steven Nadler
Of Hume and bondage / Simon Blackburn
A feminist Kant / Carol Hay
Sartre and Camus in New York / Andy Martin
Kierkegaard's Antigone / Ulrika Carlsson
Freud's radical talking / Benjamin Y. Fong
Was Wittgenstein right? / Paul Horwich --
Old problems, new spins : Experiments in philosophy / Joshua Knobe
Your move: the maze of free will / Galen Strawson
The limits of the coded world / William Egginton
On modern time / Espen Hammer
Logic and neutrality / Timothy Williamson
Paradoxical truth / Graham Priest
The drama of existentialism / Gary Gutting
Reasons for reason / Michael P. Lynch
Reclaiming the imagination / Timothy Williamson
Are there natural human rights? / Michael Boylan --
Philosophy, literature and life : Is philosophy literature? / Jim Holt
Does great literature make us better? / Gregory Currie
Stormy weather: blues in winter / Avital Ronell
Poetry, medium and message / Ernie Lepore
Boxing lessons / Gordon Marino
The practical and the theoretical / Jason Stanley
The meaningfulness of lives / Todd May
The spoils of happiness / David Sosa --
Section II. Science : Can science explain everything? : What is naturalism? / Timothy Williamson
Why I am a naturalist / Alex Rosenberg
On ducking challenges to naturalism / Timothy Williamson
The core of Mind and cosmos / Thomas Nagel
Things fall apart / Philip Kitcher --
The evolution of right and wrong : Moral camouflage or moral monkeys? / Peter Railton
Evolution and our inner conflict / Edward O. Wilson
If peas can talk, should we eat them? / Michael Marder
The future of moral machines / Colin Allen
Cambridge, cabs and Copenhagen: my route to existential risk / Huw Price --
Where is my mind? Mary and the zombies: can science explain consciousness? / Gary Gutting
A real science of mind / Tyler Burge
Out of our brains / Andy Clark
Do thrifty brains make better minds? / Andy Clark. Blinded by neuroscience? : Bursting the neuro-utopian bubble / Benjamin Y. Fong
Bodies in motion: an exchange / Alex Rosenberg and William Egginton
Is neuroscience the death of free will? / Eddy Nahmias
Is the "dumb jock" really a nerd? / Jason Stanley and John W. Krakauer --
The social impact of science : Learning how to die in the Anthropocene / Roy Scranton
Can neuroscience challenge Roe v. Wade? / William Egginton
Depression and the limits of psychiatry / Gary Gutting
Why are states so red and blue? / Steven Pinker
The enigma of Chinese medicine / Stephen T. Asma
The dangers of pseudoscience / Massimo Pigluicci and Maarten Boudry --
Can we live with uncertainty? : Nothing to see here: demoting the uncertainty principle / Craig Callender
The dangers of certainty: a lesson from Auschwitz / Simon Critchley
The riddle of the human species / Edward O. Wilson --
Section III. Religion and morals : What is faith? : Philosophy and faith / Gary Gutting
Mystery and evidence / Tim Crane
The rigor of love / Simon Critchley
Does it matter whether God exists? / Gary Gutting
The importance of the afterlife: seriously / Samuel Scheffler --
The varieties of religious disagreement : In praise of the clash with cultures / Carlos Fraenkel
What's wrong with blasphemy? / Andrew F. March
Why I love Mormonism / Simon Critchley
An imperfect God / Yoram Hazony
The politics of the binding of Issac / Omri Boehm
On questioning the Jewish State / Joseph Levine
The freedom of faith: a Christmas sermon / Simon Critchley --
Morality's God problem : Good minus God / Louise M. Antony
Morals without God? / Frans de Waal
The sacred and the humane / Anat Biletzki
Confessions of an ex-moralist / Joel Marks
Are we ready for a "morality pill"? / Peter Singer and Agata Sagan
The light at the end of suffering / Peg O'Conner --
Some hard moral cases : The maze of moral relativism / Paul Boghossian
Is pure altruism possible? / Judith Lichtenberg
The living death of solitary confinement / Lisa Guenther
Should this be the last generation? / Peter Singer
The meat eaters / Jeff McMahan
Think before you breed / Christine Overall
On forgiveness / Charles L. Griswold
Questions for free-market moralists / Amia Srinivasan
The myth of universal love / Stephen T. Asma --
Section IV. Society : Economics and politics : Hegel on Wall Street / J.M. Bernstein
What is economics good for? / Alex Rosenberg and Tyler Curtain
The taint of "social Darwinism" / Philip Kitcher
The veil of opulence / Benjamin Hale
Dependents of the state / Amia Srinivasan
The failure of rational choice philosophy / John McCumber
Mandela's socialist failure / Slavoj Žižek
When hope tramples truth / Roger Scruton --
The modern family : Is forced fatherhood fair? / Laurie Shrage
"Mommy wars" redux: a false conflict / Amy Allen
When culture, power and sex collide / Linda Martín Alcoff
Lady power / Nancy Bauer
The end of "marriage" / Laurie Shrage --
Black, white or other : Fugitive slave mentality / Robert Gooding-Williams
Walking while Black in the "white gaze" / George Yancy
Getting past the outrage of race / Gary Gutting
A lesson from Cuba on race / Alejandro de la Fuente
Is the United States a "racial democracy" / Jason Staley and Vesla Weaver
What if we occupied language? / H. Samy Alim
Does immigration mean "France is over"? / Justin E.H. Smith --
Freedom from the barrel of a gun : Who needs a gun? / Gary Gutting
The weapons continuum / Michael Boylan
The freedom of an armed society / Firmin DeBrabander
Is American nonviolence possible? / Todd May
The moral hazard of drones / John Kaag and Sarah Kreps
A crack in the stoic's armor / Nancy Sherman
Rethinking the "just war" / Jeff McMahan --
This American life : The gospel according to "me" / Simon Critchley and Jamieson Webster
Deluded individualism / Firmin DeBrabander
The very angry tea party / J.M. Bernstein
Is our patriotism moral? / Gary Gutting
The cycle of revenge / Simon Critchley
What is a "hacktivist"? / Peter Ludlow
The myth of "just do it" / Barbara Gail Montero
How to live without irony / Christy Wampole
Navigating past nihilism / Sean D. Kelly.

La 4ème de couv. indique : "Once solely the province of ivory-tower professors and college classrooms, contemporary philosophy was finally emancipated from its academic closet in 2010, when The Stone was launched in The New York Times. First appearing as an online series, the column quickly attracted millions of readers through its accessible examination of universal topics like the nature of science, consciousness and morality, while also probing more contemporary issues such as the morality of drones, gun control and the gender divide. Now collected for the first time in this handsomely designed volume, The Stone Reader presents 133 meaningful and influential essays from the series, placing nearly the entirety of modern philosophical discourse at a reader's grasp. The book, divided into four broad sections-Philosophy, Science, Religion and Morals, and Society-opens with a series of questions about the scope, history and identity of philosophy: What are the practical uses of philosophy? Does the discipline, begun in the West in ancient Greece with Socrates, favor men and exclude women? Does the history and study of philosophy betray a racial bias against non-white thinkers, or geographical bias toward the West? These questions and others form a foundation for readers as the book moves to the second section, Science, where some of our most urgent contemporary philosophical debates are taking place. Will artificial intelligence compromise our morality? Does neuroscience undermine our free will? Is there is a legitimate place for the humanities in a world where science and technology appear to rule? Should the evidence for global warming change the way we live, or die? In the book's third section, Religion and Morals, we find philosophy where it is often at its best, sharpest and most disturbing-working through the arguments provoked by competing moral theories in the face of real-life issues and rigorously addressing familiar ethical dilemmas in a new light. Can we have a true moral life without belief in God? What are the dangers of moral relativism?"

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. Philosophy. New Impressions Of An Old Profession ; The Geography Of Philosophy ; Rethinking Thinkers ; Old Problems, New Spins -- Philosophy, Literature And Life -- Science. Can Science Explain Everything? ; The Evolution Of Right And Wrong ; Where Is My Mind? ; Blinded By Neuroscience? ; The Social Impact Of Science ; Can We Live With Uncertainty? -- Religion And Morals. What Is Faith? ; The Varieties Of Religious Disagreement ; Morality's God Problem ; Some Hard Moral Cases -- Society. Economics And Politics ; The Modern Family ; Black, White Or Other ; Freedom From The Barrel Of A Gun ; This American Life. Edited And Introduced By Peter Catapano And Simon Critchley. Essays Selected From The New York Times' Column, The Stone.

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.
Abstract: A timeless volume to be read and treasured, The Stone Reader provides an unparalleled overview of contemporary philosophy. Read more...

In 2010, The New York Times launched an online column called The Stone, which examined both contemporary and classical issues in philosophical essays. This print collection explores subjects ranging from consciousness and morality to the gender divide and gun control, to name just a few topics covered. In doing so, it places nearly the entirety of modern philosophical discourse at a reader's grasp. -- adapted from jacket

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