Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't End

Plato is among us. Rebecca Goldstein transforms the great philosopher into a character and makes him roam the Googleplex.

Imagine Plato coming to life in the 21st century and embarking on a multicultural tour. How would he deal with a cable news host who denies there is morality without religion? How would he mediate a debate between a Freudian psychoanalyst and a mother about how to raise the perfect child? How would he respond to a neuroscientist who, about to examine Plato's brain, argues that science has definitively answered the questions of free will and moral agency? What would Plato make of Google and the idea that knowledge can be obtained en masse, rather than grounded by experts? With the depth of a philosopher and the imagination and spirit of a novelist, Goldstein examines the deepest problems that confront us, allowing us to peer into Plato's presence as he strolls through the modern world.