LEGO and Philosophy by Irwin, William -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Series Title page Copyright Notes on Contributors Introduction: Play Well, Philosophize Well! Part I LEGO® AND CREATIVITY

1 Constructing Creativity

Originality and Creativity Madmen, Oddballs, and Visionaries Resolving the Paradox Notes

2 Building Blocks of Thought: LEGO® and the Philosophy of Play

LEGO as a Thing You Think With Philosophy as Serious Play LEGO and Forms of Play LEGO as a Metaphor for Philosophy Notes

3 LEGO® Formalism in Architecture

Three Scenarios LEGO and Formalism Contextualism, Functional Beauty, and LEGO Other LEGO Worlds and the Real World Notes

4 “That Was My Idea!”: LEGO® Ideas and Intellectual Property

Avoiding Mistaken Identity Defending Your Rights Does Matter Matter? A Formative Account A Tale of Two Time Machines? History Matters! Notes

Part II LEGO®, ETHICS, AND RULES

5 “You Know the Rules!” What’s Wrong with The Man Upstairs?

“All of This That You See Before You is All Your Father's” “Let's Take Extra Care to Follow the Instructions” “You Know the Rules!” “First Law of the Sea: Never Place Yer Rear End on a Pirate's Face” “Instructions to Fit In, Have Everybody Like You, and Always Be Happy” “That's a Suggestion!” “Would You Like to Make an Appointment, or Shall I Summon the Micromanagers?” Notes

6 Searching for “The Special”: The LEGO® Movie and the Value of (LEGO®) Persons

“You're Not The Special!”: President Business's Theory of Extrinsic Value Emmet's Vacillating Value Intrinsic Value and Emmet's Enlightenment “You Still Can Change Everything”: The Implications of Emmet's Belief in Intrinsic Value Notes

7 LEGO® and the Social Blocks of Autonomy

What Is Autonomy? Emmet Wyldstyle Becoming The Special, “Everything is Awesome” Notes

8 Building and Dwelling with Heidegger and LEGO® Toys

Emmet as Existentialist: No More Mr. Conformist Moods and Play Engaged Play with Modular Bricks “It's a New Toy Everyday” Serious Play as Art: The Saving Power in LEGO-building Dwelling and Building with LEGO Notes

Part III LEGO® AND IDENTITY

9 Ninjas, Kobe Bryant, and Yellow Plastic: The LEGO® Minifigure and Race

Where's Lando? The Building Bricks of Race Kobe Bryant, Ninjas, and Race Race in The LEGO Movie Notes

10 Girl, LEGO® Friends is not your Friend! Does LEGO® Construct Gender Stereotypes?

Girls' Best Friends or Worst Toy of the Year? LEGO Friends’ Friendly Sexism Is LEGO Playing with Stereotypes? Let the Friends Go to Space! How to Build a More Diverse World with Bricks Notes

11 Representation in Plastic and Marketing: The Significance of the LEGO® Women Scientists

“Explore the World and Beyond!” Girls' Toys, Boys' Toys: The Gendered Bias One Small Step for LEGO, One Giant Leap for Women in Science? Challenging the Representation of Women in Science: One Brick at a Time Notes

12 Real Signature Figures: LEGO® Minifigures and the Human Individual

Laying the Foundation Gathering the Right Pieces My Own Creation Over Time The Signature Figure of Philosophy Putting It All Together Notes

Part IV LEGO®, CONSUMPTION, AND CULTURE

13 LEGO® Values: Image and Reality

A Problem: The Greenpeace Video Everything is Not Awesome? A Philosophical Assessment of LEGO LEGO, Politics, and Values Notes

14 Small Farms, Big Ideas: LEGO® Farm and Agricultural Idealism

What Can We Learn from a LEGO Farmer? LEGO Farm Animals What Else Is Misleading about LEGO Farm? Let's Piece Together the Truth Notes

15 The Reality of LEGO® : Building the Apocalypse

The Basics of Baudrillard Stage 1: Basic Bricks Represent Reality Stage 2: Conflict Play and Masking Stage 3: Sky-fi and the Absence of Reality Stage 4: ApocaLEGO and Self-Simulation Notes

16 The American Archipelago : Touring the Nation at Miniland USA

Miniland America as Fan Developed Theme(park) America in Miniature: LEGOLAND California Rebuilding America: LEGOLAND Florida Diorama Americana Notes

Part V LEGO®, METAPHYSICS, AND MATH

17 The Brick, the Plate, and the Uncarved Block : LEGO® as an Expression of Dao

It's an Invitation, not a Toy “It's Super Serious, Right, Babe?” “Actually it's a Highly Sophisticated Interlocking Brick System” “No Government, No Babysitters … and There's Also No Consistency” “They're Expecting Us to Show Up in a Bat-Spaceship” “Everything Is Awesome!” Notes

18 LEGO®, Impermanence, and Buddhism

What Is Impermanence? Benefits of an Impermanent Mindset Aggregates of Impermanence The LEGOs of Impermanence Notes

19 LEGO® and the Building Blocks of Metaphysics

The Metaphysics of LEGO LEGO Bricks and Fundamental Properties Counting Worlds LEGO Worlds, Change, and Causation Notes

20 What Can You Build?

Modal Epistemology Imagination Revisited Working Knowledge Beyond Working Knowledge Purism Notes

21 Playing with LEGO® and Proving Theorems

Plato against the Geometers Proofs and the Logical Structuring of Mathsy Stuff Follow the Instructions! The Geometers Strike Back Notes

Glossary Index EULA

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