A reminder for this event – I understand that it will start just a few minutes late, for the benefit of those who also want to attend Rae Langton's Festival of Ideas talk on the Sidgwick Site at 5:30.
There's an excellent recent interview with Rebecca Goldstein here: http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/blogs/jonathan-derbyshire/rebecca-newberger-goldstein-what-plato-can-teach-us [Forwarded for the Trinity Philosophy Society, and highly recommended!] Subject: What Would Plato Say? Rebecca Goldstein Date: 2014-10-13 18:27 From: Trinity Philosophy Society <[email protected]> For our first event, the Trinity Philosophy Society is delighted to host the hugely impressive Rebecca Goldstein at Trinity as she talks about her ideas from her new book: "Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away". http://www.rebeccagoldstein.com/ Is philosophy obsolete? We'll be exploring what the ancient philosophers could have taught us about our current problems. What would they say about the NSA scandal? How would Plato react to Google and the idea that knowledge is equally accessible to everyone? These and other questions will hopefully give us a new insight into how we can approach today's issues and how ancient philosophy still holds relevance to our lives. The book has received glowing reviews including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Hilary Putnam, A.C. Grayling and even Stephen Fry. Rebecca is a renowned writer and professor, publishing both academic works (including books on Godel and Spinoza) as well as novels (36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A work of Fiction). She is also the recipient of a daunting amount of awards, including book prizes, fellowships and even the Macarthur Prize (often called the "Genius Award"). The talk will be on Wednesday the 22nd, at 18:30 in the Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College. If you have any questions e-mail Keith at [email protected] Afterwards we'll be having a drink and snacks reception with a chance for a more informal chat, hope to see you all there! TPS Committee _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
