LEGO and Philosophy: Constructing Reality Brick By Brick

Notes on Contributors ixIntroduction: Play Well, Philosophize Well! 1Sondra Bacharach and Roy T. CookPart I LEGO(r) and Creativity 51 Constructing Creativity 7Mary Beth Willard2 Building Blocks of Thought: LEGO(r) and the Philosophy of Play 17Tyler Shores3 LEGO(r) Formalism in Architecture 27Saul Fisher4 "That Was My Idea!": LEGO(r) Ideas and Intellectual Property 39Michael GettingsPart II LEGO(r), Ethics, and Rules 495 "You Know the Rules!" What's Wrong with The Man Upstairs? 51Jon Robson6 Searching for "The Special": The LEGO(r) Movie and the Value of (LEGO(r)) Persons 59Alexander Quanbeck7 LEGO(r) and the Social Blocks of Autonomy 69Eric Chelstrom8 Building and Dwelling with Heidegger and LEGO(r) Toys 79Ellen MillerPart III LEGO(r) and Identity 899 Ninjas, Kobe Bryant, and Yellow Plastic: The LEGO(r) Minifigure and Race 91Roy T. Cook10 Girl, LEGO(r) Friends is not your Friend! Does LEGO(r) Construct Gender Stereotypes? 103Rebecca Gutwald11 Representation in Plastic and Marketing: The Significance of the LEGO(r) Women Scientists 113Rhiannon Grant and Ruth Wainman12 Real Signature Figures: LEGO(r) Minifigures and the Human Individual 123Robert M. MentykaPart IV LEGO(r), Consumption, and Culture 13313 LEGO(r) Values: Image and Reality 135Sondra Bacharach and Ramon Das14 Small Farms, Big Ideas: LEGO(r) Farm and Agricultural Idealism 145Craig Van Pelt15 The Reality of LEGO(r): Building the Apocalypse 153David Lueth16 The American Archipelago: Touring the Nation at Miniland USA 163Samantha J. BoardmanPart V LEGO(r), Metaphysics, and Math 17317 The Brick, the Plate, and the Uncarved Block: LEGO(r) as an Expression of Dao 175Steve Bein18 LEGO(r), Impermanence, and Buddhism 185David Kahn19 LEGO(r) and the Building Blocks of Metaphysics 197Stephan Leuenberger20 What Can You Build? 207Bob Fischer21 Playing with LEGO(r) and Proving Theorems 217Fenner TanswellGlossary 227Alice Leber-Cook and Roy T. CookIndex 233