LEGO and Philosophy

Name: LEGO and Philosophy
Author: Roy Cook

Constructing Reality Brick By Brick

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Paperback, 256 blz. | Engels

John Wiley & Sons | e druk, 2017

ISBN13: 9781119193975

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Hoofdrubriek : Filosofie

John Wiley & Sons e druk, 2017 9781119193975

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How 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.

-Dives into the many philosophical ideas raised by LEGO bricks and the global multimedia phenomenon they have created

-Tackles metaphysical, logical, moral, and conceptual issues in a series of fascinating and stimulating essays

-Introduces 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

-Written by a global group of esteemed philosophers and LEGO fans

-A lively philosophical discussion of bricks, minifigures, and the LEGO world that will appeal to LEGO fans and armchair philosophers alike

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ISBN13:9781119193975

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:paperback

Aantal pagina's:256

Uitgever:John Wiley & Sons

Verschijningsdatum:15-8-2017

Hoofdrubriek:Filosofie

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Notes on Contributors ix
Introduction: Play Well, Philosophize Well! 1
Sondra Bacharach and Roy T. Cook

Part I LEGO® and Creativity 5
1 Constructing Creativity 7
Mary Beth Willard
2 Building Blocks of Thought: LEGO® and the Philosophy of Play 17
Tyler Shores
3 LEGO® Formalism in Architecture 27
Saul Fisher
4 That Was My Idea! : LEGO® Ideas and Intellectual Property 39
Michael Gettings
Part II LEGO®, Ethics, and Rules 49
5 You Know the Rules! What s Wrong with The Man Upstairs? 51
Jon Robson
6 Searching for The Special : The LEGO® Movie and the Value of (LEGO®) Persons 59
Alexander Quanbeck
7 LEGO® and the Social Blocks of Autonomy 69
Eric Chelstrom
8 Building and Dwelling with Heidegger and LEGO® Toys 79
Ellen Miller

Part III LEGO® and Identity 89
9 Ninjas, Kobe Bryant, and Yellow Plastic: The LEGO® Minifigure and Race 91
Roy T. Cook
10 Girl, LEGO® Friends is not your Friend! Does LEGO® Construct Gender Stereotypes? 103
Rebecca Gutwald
11 Representation in Plastic and Marketing: The Significance of the LEGO® Women Scientists 113
Rhiannon Grant and Ruth Wainman
12 Real Signature Figures: LEGO® Minifigures and the Human Individual 123
Robert M. Mentyka

Part IV LEGO®, Consumption, and Culture 133
13 LEGO® Values: Image and Reality 135
Sondra Bacharach and Ramon Das
14 Small Farms, Big Ideas: LEGO® Farm and Agricultural Idealism 145
Craig Van Pelt
15 The Reality of LEGO®: Building the Apocalypse 153
David Lueth
16 The American Archipelago: Touring the Nation at Miniland USA 163
Samantha J. Boardman

Part V LEGO®, Metaphysics, and Math 173
17 The Brick, the Plate, and the Uncarved Block: LEGO® as an Expression of Dao 175
Steve Bein
18 LEGO®, Impermanence, and Buddhism 185
David Kahn
19 LEGO® and the Building Blocks of Metaphysics 197
Stephan Leuenberger
20 What Can You Build? 207
Bob Fischer
21 Playing with LEGO® and Proving Theorems 217
Fenner Tanswell
Glossary 227
Alice Leber–Cook and Roy T. Cook
Index 233