TY - GEN AU - Catapano, Peter Ed. AU - Critchley, Simon Ed. TI - Stone reader : modern philosophy in 133 arguments SN - 9781631490712 U1 - 190 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Liveright Publishing Corporation KW - N1 - Contents Introduction xiii Section 1: Philosophy Prefatory Note 3 New impressions of an old profession What Is a Philosopher? Simon Critchley 9 The Flight of Curiosity Justin E. H. Smith 13 Philosophy as an Art of Dying Costica Bradatan 20 Philosophy What's the Use? Gary Gutting 26 )n the Cave: Philosophy and Addiction Peg O'Connor 29 Women in Philosophy? Do the Math Sally Haslanger 34 What's Wrong With Philosophy? Linda Martin Alcoff 37 The Disappearing Women Rae Langton 40 The Difficulty of Philosophy Alexander George 43 The Philosophical Dinner Party Frieda Klotz 47 When Socrates Met Phaedrus: Eros in Philoso,phy Simon Critchley 50 The geography of philosophy The Enlightenment's "Race" Problem, and Ours Justin E. H. Smith 61 Kung Fu for Philosophers Peimin Ni 67 Bridging the Analytic Continental Divide Gary Gutting 72 Of Cannibals, Kings and Culture : The Problem of Ethnocentricity Adam Etinson 79 Found in Translation Hamid Dabashi 84 Born Again in a Second Language Costica Bradatan 90 Philosophy's Western Bias Justin E . H. Smith 95 Rethinking thinkers Spinoza's Vision of Freedom, and Ours Steven Nadler 103 Of Hume and Bondage Simon Blackburn 109 A Feminist Kant Carol Hay 114 Sartre and Camus in New York Andy Martin 119 Kierkegaard's Antigone Ulrika Carlsson 125 Freud's Radical Talking Benjamin Y. Fang 128 Was Wittgenstein Right? Paul Horwich 133 Old problems,new spins Experiments in Philosophy Joshua Knabe 141 Your Move: The Maze of Free Will Galen Strawson 145 The Limits of the Coded World William Egginton 150 On Modern Time Espen Hammer 156 Logic and Neutrality Timothy Williamson 162 Paradoxical Truth Graham Priest 166 The Drama of Existentialism Gary Gutting 172 Reasons for Reason Michael P. Lynch 173 Reclaiming the Imagination Timothy Williamson 179 Are There Natural Human Rights? Michael Boylan 183 Philosophy, literature and life Is Philosophy Literature? lim Holt 193 Does Great Literature Make Us Better? Gregory Currie 198 Stormy Weather: Blues in Winter A vital Ronell 203 Poetry, Medium and Message Ernie Lepore 210 Boxing Lessons Gordon Marino 215 The Practical and the Theoretical Jason Stanley 220 The Meaningfulness of Lives Todd May 224 The Spoils of Happiness David Sosa 229 Section II: Science Prefatory Note 237 Can science explain everything? What Is Naturalism? Timothy Williamson 243 Why I Am a Naturalist Alex Rosenberg 247 On Ducking Challenges to Naturalism Timothy Williamson 251 The Core of Mine{ and Cosmos Thomas Nagel 255 Things Fall Apart Philip Kitcher 258 The evolution of right and wrong Moral Camouflage or Moral Monkeys? Peter Railton 265 Evolution and Our Inner Conflict Edward 0. Wilson 270 If Peas Can Talk, Should We Eat Them? Michael Marder 275 The Future of Moral Machines Colin Allen 278 Cambridge, Cabs and Copenhagen : My Route to Existential Risk Huw Price 284 Where is my mind? Mary and the Zombies : Can Science Explain Consciousness? Gary Gutting 295 A Real Science of Mind Tyler Burge 298 Out of Our Brains Andy Clark 304 Do Thrifty Brains Make Better Minds? Andy Clark 309 Blinded by neuroscience? Bursting the Neuro utopian Bubble Benjamin Y Fang 317 Bodies in Motion: An Exchange Alex Rosenberg and William Egginton 322 Is Neuroscience the Death of Free Will? Eddy Nahmias 330 Is the "Dumb Jock" Really a Nerd? Jason Stanley and John W Krakauer 337 The social impact of science Learning How to Die in the Anthropocene Roy Scranton 345 Can Neuroscience Challenge Roe v. Wade? William Egginton 352 Depression and the Limits of Psychiatry Gary Gutting 358 Why Are States So Red and Blue? Steven Pinker 362 The Enigma of Chinese Medicine Stephen T. Asma 367 The Dangers of Pseudoscience Massimo Pigliucci and Maarten Boudry 373 Can we live with uncertainty? Nothing to See Here: Demoting the Uncertainty Principle Craig Callender 381 The Dangers of Certainty: A Lesson From Auschwitz Simon Critchley 386 The Riddle of the Human Species Edward 0. Wilson 392 Section Ill: Religion and Morals Prefatory Note 401 What is faith? Philosophy and Faith Gary Gutting 407 Mystery and Evidence Tim Crane 411 The Rigor of love Simon Critchley 417 Does It Matter Whether God Exists? Gary Gutting 423 The Importance of the Afterlife. Seriously. Samuel Scheffler 427 The varieties of religious disagreement In Praise of the Clash of Cultures Carlos Fraenkel 433 What's Wrong With Blasphemy? Andrew F. March 439 Why I love Mormonism Simon Critchley 446 An Imperfect God Yoram Hazony 455 The Politics of the Binding of Isaac Omri Boehm 459 On Questioning the Jewish State Joseph Levine 463 The Freedom of Faith: A Christmas Sermon Simon Critchley 469 Morality's God problem Good Minus God Louise M. Antony 481 Morals Without God? Frans de Waal 488 The Sacred and the Humane Anat Biletzki 497 Confessions of an Ex Moralist Joel Marks 503 Are We Ready for a "Morality Pill"? Peter Singer and Agata Sagan 509 The light at the End of Suffering Peg O'Connor 512 Some hard moral cases The Maze of Moral Relativism Paul Boghossian 521 Is Pure Altruism Possible? Judith Lichtenberg 526 The Living Death of Solitary Confinement Lisa Guenther 531 Should This Be the Last Generation? Peter Singer 535 The Meat Eaters Jeff McMahan 538 Think Before You Breed Christine Overall 546 On Forgiveness Charles L . Griswold 551 Questions for Free Market Moralists Amia Srinivasan 557 The Myth of Universal Love Stephen T. Asma 563 Section IV: Society Prefatory Note 573 Economics and politics Hegel on Wall Street ]. M. Bernstein 579 What Is Economics Good For? Alex Rosenberg and Tyler Curtain 585 The Taint of "Social Darwinism" Philip Kitcher 589 The Veil of Opulence Benjamin Hale 593 Dependents of the State Amia Srinivasan 598 The Failure of Rational Choice Philosophy John McCumber 605 Mandela's Socialist Failure Slavoj Zizek 609 When Hope Tramples Truth Roger Scruton 612 The modern family Is Forced Fatherhood Fair? Laurie Shrage 617 "Mommy Wars" Redux: A False Conflict Amy Allen 622 When Culture, Power and Sex Collide Linda Martin Alcoff 627 Lady Power Nancy Bauer 630 The End of "Marriage" Laurie Shrage 636 Black ,white or other Fugitive Slave Mentality Robert Gooding Williams 645 Walking While Black in the "White Gaze" George Yancy 649 Getting Past the Outrage on Race Gary Gutting 655 A Lesson From Cuba on Race Alejandro de la Fuente 658 Is the United States a "Racial Democracy"? Jason Stanley and Vesla Weaver 663 What If We Occupied Language? H. Samy Alim 670 Does Immigration Mean "France Is Over"? Justin E. H. Smith 675 Freedom from the barrel of a gun Who Needs a Gun? Gary Gutting 683 The Weapons Continuum Michael Boylan 686 The Freedom of an Armed Society Firmin DeBrabander 691 Is American Nonviolence Possible? Todd May 696 The Moral Hazard of Drones John Kaag and Sarah Kreps 701 A Crack in the Stoic's Armor Nancy Sherman 707 Rethinking the "Just War" Jeff McMahan 711 This American life The Gospel According to "Me" Simon Critchley and Jamieson Webster 729 Deluded Individualism Firmin DeBrabander 734 The Very Angry Tea Party ].M. Bernstein 738 Is Our Patriotism Moral? Gary Gutting 744 The Cycle of Revenge Simon Critchley 747 What Is a "Hacktivist"? Peter Ludlow 751 The Myth of "Just Do It" Barbara Gail Montero 757 How to Live Without Irony Christy Wampole 764 Navigating Past Nihilism Sean D. Kelly 770 Acknowledgments 777 Contributors 779 ER -