num_pages: 288
description: Chess the ancient strategy game meets the latest cutting-edge philosophy in this unique book. When 12 philosophers weigh in on one of the world's oldest and most beloved pastimes the results are often surprising. Philosophical concepts as varied as phenomenology and determinism share the page with a treatise on hip-hop chess tactics and the question of whether Garry Kasparov is in fact a cyborg. Putting forth a remarkable array of different views on chess from philosophers with varied chess-proficiency Philosophy Looks at Chess is an engaging read for chess adherents and the philosophically inclined alike.
language: English
title: Philosophy Looks at Chess
publisher: Open Court