LEGO® AND PHILOSOPHY: CONSTRUCTING REALITY BRICK BY BRICK

Roy T. Cook; Sondra Bacharach

doi:10.1002/9781119194033

LEGO^® AND PHILOSOPHY: CONSTRUCTING REALITY BRICK BY BRICK

Roy T. Cook, Sondra Bacharach

Philosophy (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	LEGO® and Philosophy Constructing Reality Brick by Brick
Publisher	Wiley
Pages	1-238
Number of pages	238
ISBN (Electronic)	9781119194033
ISBN (Print)	9781119193999
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119194033
State	Published - Jan 1 2017

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