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My new book "Philosophy on Tap" pairs 48 philosophical puzzles (What is the sound of one glass clinking? Can God make a keg so big that He cannot lift it? etc.) with 48 distinctive beers from around the globe. It represents the kind of philosophical synthesis that happens when you drive by the Stone Brewery on your way to a meditation retreat.
Check out the official site: www.philosophyontap.com
While "Philosophy on Tap" puts philosophy into the craft beer experience, my first book, "Like a Splinter in Your Mind: The Philosophy Behind the Matrix Trilogy" pulls the philosophy out of the Matrix films. The Matrix is arguably one of the most philosophical films ever made. When you take the trilogy as a whole, I think that you will be hard pressed to find more philosophical issues explored in a single work of fiction. Needless to say, when I first saw The Matrix I felt compelled to write about all the philosophical connections and puzzles within it, and for ten years now I have drawn on the films to help teach the students of Long Beach City College about abstract philosophical concepts such as free will, fatalism, existentialim, hedonism, and functionalism.
EDUCATORS
Please feel free to explore my Introduction to Philosophy website at: http://faculty.lbcc.edu/mlawrence/ One of the many resources that you will find there is reading/discussion questions for each chapter of "Like a Splinter in Your Mind." Also, I have developed a Jeopardy style powerpoint game around the Matrix called "Agents vs. Rebels" which can be used for a really fun review session before an exam. If you would like a copy, or if you have any questions about how to use The Matrix in the classrooom, please contact me at the email address below.
Best wishes,
Matt Lawrence
mlawrence@lbcc.edu
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