The Stone Reader: Modern Philosophy in 133 Arguments By: Simon Critchley, Peter Catapano

Author: Peter Catapano – editor, Simon Critchley
Narrated by: Sean Pratt, Marguerite Gavin

The Stone Reader provides an unparalleled overview of contemporary philosophy.

Once solely the province of ivory-tower professors and college classrooms, contemporary philosophy was finally emancipated from its academic closet in 2010, when “The Stone” was launched in The New York Times. First appearing as an online series, the column quickly attracted millions of readers through its accessible examination of universal topics like the nature of science, consciousness, and morality while also probing more contemporary issues such as the morality of drones, gun control, and the gender divide.

The Stone Reader presents 133 meaningful and influential essays from the series, placing nearly the entirety of modern philosophical discourse in the listener’s reach. The audiobook, divided into four broad sections – philosophy, science, religion and morals, and society – opens with a series of questions about the scope, history, and identity of philosophy: What are the practical uses of philosophy? Does the discipline, begun in the West in ancient Greece with Socrates, favor men and exclude women? Does the history and study of philosophy betray a racial bias against nonwhite thinkers or geographical bias toward the West?

These questions and others form a foundation for listeners as the audiobook moves to the second section, science, where some of our most urgent contemporary philosophical debates are taking place. Will artificial intelligence compromise our morality? Does neuroscience undermine our free will? Is there a legitimate place for the humanities in a world where science and technology appear to rule? Should the evidence for global warming change the way we live or die?

In the book’s third section, religion and morals, we find philosophy where it is often at its best, sharpest, and most disturbing – working through the arguments provoked by competing moral theories in the face of real-life issues and rigorously addressing familiar ethical dilemmas in a new light. Can we have a true moral life without belief in God? What are the dangers of moral relativism?

In its final part, society, The Stone Reader returns to its origins as a forum to encourage philosophers who are willing to engage closely, critically, and analytically with the affairs of the day, including economic inequality, technology, and racial discrimination. In directly confronting events like the September 11 attacks, the killing of Trayvon Martin, and the Sandy Hook School massacre, the essays here reveal the power of philosophy to help shape our viewpoints on nearly every issue we face today.

11M	000. Philosophy - New impressions of an old profession.mp3
6.7M	001. What Is a Philosopher - Simon Critchley.mp3
7.0M	002. The Flight of Curiosity - Justin E.H. Smith.mp3
5.9M	003. Philosophy As an Art of Dying - Costica Bradatan.mp3
2.8M	004. Philosophy - What's the Use - Gary Gutting.mp3
5.5M	005. In the Cave - Philosophy and Addiction - Peg O'Connor.mp3
2.8M	006. Women in Philosophy - Do the Math - Sally Haslanger.mp3
2.9M	007. What's Wrong with Philosophy - Linda Martin Alcoff.mp3
2.7M	008. The Disappearing Women - Rae Langton.mp3
4.3M	009. The Difficulty of Philosophy - Alexander George.mp3
3.3M	010. The Philosophical Dinner Party - Frieda Klotz.mp3
8.0M	011. When Socrates Met Phaedrus - Eros in Philosophy - Simon Critchley.mp3
6.5M	012. The Enlightenment's ''Race'' Problem and Ours - Justin E.H. Smith.mp3
5.1M	013. Kung Fu for Philosophers - Peimin Ni.mp3
7.2M	014. Bridging the Analytic-Continental Divide - Gary Gutting.mp3
5.6M	015. Of Cannibals, Kings and Culture - the Problem of Ethnocentricity - Adam Etinson.mp3
5.8M	016. Found in Translation - Hamid Dabashi.mp3
5.3M	017. Born Again in a Second Language - Costica Bradatan.mp3
5.2M	018. Philosophy's Western Bias - Justin E.H. Smith.mp3
5.9M	019. Spinoza's Vision of Freedom, and Ours - Steven Nadler.mp3
5.1M	020. Of Hume and Bondage - Simon Blackburn.mp3
5.5M	021. A Feminist Kant - Carol Hay.mp3
6.7M	022. Sartre and Camus in New York - Andy Martin.mp3
3.5M	023. Kierkegaard's Antigone - Ulrika Carlsson.mp3
4.8M	024. Freud's Radical Talking - Benjamin Y. Fong.mp3
6.0M	025. Was Wittgenstein Right - Paul Horwich.mp3
3.7M	026. Experiments in Philosophy - Joshua Knobe.mp3
4.9M	027. Your Move - The Maze of Free Will - Galen Strawson.mp3
5.6M	028. The Limits of the Coded World - William Egginton.mp3
6.5M	029. On Modern Time - Espen Hammer.mp3
3.5M	030. Logic and Neutrality - Timothy Williamson.mp3
5.9M	031. Paradoxical Truth - Graham Priest.mp3
3.1M	032. The Drama of Existentialism - Gary Gutting.mp3
4.4M	033. Reasons for Reason - Michael P. Lynch.mp3
3.7M	034. Reclaiming the Imagination - Timothy Williamson.mp3
7.2M	035. Are There Natural Human Rights - Michael Boylan.mp3
5.3M	036. Is Philosophy Literature - Jim Holt.mp3
5.5M	037. Does Great Literature Make Us Better - Gregory Currie.mp3
8.1M	038. Stormy Weather - Blues in Winter - Avital Ronell.mp3
5.0M	039. Poetry, Medium and Message - Ernie Lepore.mp3
4.6M	040. Boxing Lessons - Gordon Marino.mp3
4.6M	041. The Practical and the Theoretical - Jason Stanley.mp3
5.6M	042. The Meaningfulness of Lives - Todd May.mp3
4.6M	043. The Spoils of Happiness - David Sosa.mp3
6.0M	044. What Is Naturalism - Timothy Williamson.mp3
3.8M	045. Why I Am a Naturalist - Alex Rosenberg.mp3
3.4M	046. On Ducking Challenges to Naturalism - Timothy Williamson.mp3
3.2M	047. The Core of Mind and Cosmos - Thomas Nagel.mp3
4.4M	048. Things Fall Apart - Philip Kitcher.mp3
5.2M	049. Moral Camouflage or Moral Monkeys - Peter Railton.mp3
4.9M	050. Evolution and Our Inner Conflict - Edward O. Wilson.mp3
3.2M	051. If Peas Can Talk, Should We Eat Them - Michael Marder.mp3
6.7M	052. The Future of Moral Machines - Colin Allen.mp3
8.5M	053. Cambridge, Cabs and Copenhagen - My Route to Existential Risk - Huw Price.mp3
3.4M	054. Mary and the Zombies - Can Science Explain Consciousness - Gary Gutting.mp3
6.7M	055. A Real Science of Mind - Tyler Burge.mp3
5.1M	056. Out of Our Brains - Andy Clark.mp3
6.2M	057. Do Thrifty Brains Make Better Minds - Andy Clark.mp3
4.9M	058. Bursting the Neuro-Utopian Bubble - Benjamin Y. Fong.mp3
8.8M	059. Bodies in Motion - an Exchange - Alex Rosenberg and William Egginton.mp3
7.7M	060. Is Neuroscience the Death of Free Will - Eddy Nahmias.mp3
4.5M	061. Is the ''Dumb Jock'' Really a Nerd - Jason Stanley and John W. Krakauer.mp3
7.6M	062. Learning How to Die in the Anthropocene - Roy Scranton.mp3
5.9M	063. Can Neuroscience Challenge Roe v. Wade - William Egginton.mp3
3.6M	064. Depression and the Limits of Psychiatry - Gary Gutting.mp3
4.7M	065. Why Are States So Red and Blue - Steven Pinker.mp3
5.8M	066. The Enigma of Chinese Medicine - Stephen T. Asma.mp3
4.6M	067. The Dangers of Pseudoscience - Massimo Pigluicci and Maarten Boudry.mp3
5.0M	068. Nothing to See Here - Demoting the Uncertainty Principle - Craig Callender.mp3
6.1M	069. The Dangers of Certainty - a Lesson From Auschwitz - Simon Critchley.mp3
6.5M	070. The Riddle of the Human Species - Edward O. Wilson.mp3
2.5M	071. Philosophy and Faith - Gary Gutting.mp3
4.4M	072. Mystery and Evidence - Tim Crane.mp3
6.0M	073. The Rigor of Love - Simon Critchley.mp3
6.1M	074. Does It Matter Whether God Exists - Gary Gutting.mp3
3.6M	075. The Importance of the Afterlife, Seriously - Samuel Scheffler.mp3
4.2M	076. In Praise of the Clash with Cultures - Carlos Fraenkel.mp3
6.1M	077. What's Wrong with Blasphemy - Andrew F. March.mp3
17M	078. Why I Love Mormonism - Simon Critchley.mp3
4.0M	079. An Imperfect God - Yoram Hazony.mp3
4.4M	080. The Politics of the Binding of Isaac - Omri Boehm.mp3
6.4M	081. On Questioning the Jewish State - Joseph Levine.mp3
9.1M	082. The Freedom of Faith - a Christmas Sermon - Simon Critchley.mp3
7.1M	083. Good Minus God - Louise M. Antony.mp3
9.6M	084. Morals Without God - Frans de Waal.mp3
6.7M	085. The Sacred and the Humane - Anat Biletzki.mp3
6.2M	086. Confessions of an Ex-Moralist - Joel Marks.mp3
3.0M	087. Are We Ready for a ''Morality Pill'' - Peter Singer and Agata Sagan.mp3
6.4M	088. The Light at the End of Suffering - Peg O'Conner.mp3
4.5M	089. The Maze of Moral Relativism - Paul Boghossian.mp3
5.0M	090. Is Pure Altruism Possible - Judith Lichtenberg.mp3
4.0M	091. The Living Death of Solitary Confinement - Lisa Guenther.mp3
3.1M	092. Should This Be the Last Generation - Peter Singer.mp3
8.6M	093. The Meat Eaters - Jeff McMahan.mp3
4.9M	094. Think Before You Breed - Christine Overall.mp3
7.1M	095. On Forgiveness - Charles L. Griswold.mp3
6.1M	096. Questions for Free-Market Moralists - Amia Srinivasan.mp3
7.6M	097. The Myth of Universal Love - Stephen T. Asma.mp3
2.8M	098. Hegel on Wall Street - J.M. Bernstein.mp3
6.0M	099. What Is Economics Good For - Alex Rosenberg and Tyler Curtain.mp3
4.3M	100. The Taint of ''Social Darwinism'' - Philip Kitcher.mp3
3.7M	101. The Veil of Opulence - Benjamin Hale.mp3
5.9M	102. Dependents of the State - Amia Srinivasan.mp3
6.9M	103. The Failure of Rational Choice Philosophy - John McCumber.mp3
4.3M	104. Mandela's Socialist Failure - Slavoj ZÌŒizÌŒek.mp3
3.3M	105. When Hope Tramples Truth - Roger Scruton.mp3
3.1M	106. Is Forced Fatherhood Fair - Laurie Shrage.mp3
4.6M	107. Mommy Wars Redux - A False Conflict - Amy Allen.mp3
4.9M	108. When Culture, Power and Sex Collide - Linda Martin Alcoff.mp3
3.5M	109. Lady Power - Nancy Bauer.mp3
6.4M	110. The End of ''Marriage'' - Laurie Shrage.mp3
6.7M	111. Fugitive Slave Mentality - Robert Gooding-Williams.mp3
4.1M	112. Walking While Black in the ''White Gaze'' - George Yancy.mp3
5.9M	113. Getting Past the Outrage of Race - Gary Gutting.mp3
2.8M	114. A Lesson from Cuba On Race - Alejandro de la Fuente.mp3
5.0M	115. Is the United States a ''Racial Democracy'' - Jason Staley and Vesla Weaver.mp3
6.9M	116. What If We Occupied Language - H. Samy Alim.mp3
4.8M	117. Does Immigration Mean ''France Is Over'' - Justin E.H. Smith.mp3
6.2M	118. Who Needs a Gun - Gary Gutting.mp3
8.0M	119. The Weapons Continuum - Michael Boylan.mp3
5.3M	120. The Freedom of an Armed Society - Firmin DeBrabander.mp3
5.6M	121. Is American Nonviolence Possible - Todd May.mp3
6.6M	122. The Moral Hazard of Drones - John Kaag and Sarah Kreps.mp3
3.9M	123. A Crack in the Stoic's Armor - Nancy Sherman.mp3
17M	124. Rethinking the ''Just War'' - Jeff McMahan.mp3
4.9M	125. The Gospel According to ''Me'' - Simon Critchley and Jamieson Webster.mp3
4.6M	126. Deluded Individualism - Firmin DeBrabander.mp3
6.6M	127. The Very Angry Tea Party - J.M. Bernstein.mp3
3.3M	128. Is Our Patriotism Moral - Gary Gutting.mp3
3.6M	129. The Cycle of Revenge - Simon Critchley.mp3
5.5M	130. What Is a ''Hacktivist'' - Peter Ludlow.mp3
6.9M	131. The Myth of ''Just Do It'' - Barbara Gail Montero.mp3
6.4M	132. How to Live Without Irony - Christy Wampole.mp3
6.6M	133. Navigating Past Nihilism - Sean D. Kelly.mp3
732M	total