Poker and Philosophy: Pocket Rockets and Philosopher Kings

by Eric Bronson

Overview

Does God play cards with the universe? Do women have better poker faces than men? What’s the most existential poker movie ever made? Is life more meaningful when you go all-in? Is online poker really still poker? Poker and Philosophy ponders these questions and more, pitting young lions against old masters as the brashness of Phil Hellmuth meets the arrogance of Socrates, the recklessness of Doyle Brunson challenges the desperation of Dostoyevsky, and the coolness of Chris Moneymaker takes on the American tradition of capitalist ingenuity. This witty collection of essays demonstrates what serious card sharks have long known: winning big takes more than a good hand and a straight face. Stacking the metaphorical deck with a serious grounding in philosophy is the key to raking it in, because as Machiavelli proved long ago, it’s a lot better to be feared than loved, and lying is not the same as cheating.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780812698107
Publisher:	Open Court Publishing Company
Publication date:	03/30/2012
Series:	Popular Culture and Philosophy , #20
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	222
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Eric Bronson heads the philosophy and history departments at Berkeley College in New York City where he also lives. He edited BASeball and Philosophy, co-edited The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy and contributed to The Simpsons and Philsoophy and Seinfeld and Philosophy.