Poker and Philosophy Pocket Rockets and Philosopher Kings

by Bronson, Eric

• ISBN13: 9780812695946
• ISBN10: 0812695941
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-28
• Publisher: Open Court

Summary

There's more to poker than life, yet life, for what that's worth, can be enriched by the philosophical lessons of poker, and-more to the point-you'll pick up more pots if you stretch your mind to encompass the vital lessons of philosophy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Live Dangerously	xiii
Part I Poker's Life Lessons	1	(62)
Seven Lessons in Philosophy You Already Learned Playing Texas Hold'em	3	(12)
Michael Ventimiglia
Karl Marx Meets Texas Dolly	15	(12)
Raymond Angelo Belliotti
Knowing the Unknowable: Aristotle, Sklansky, and the Humility of Wisdom	27	(14)
Willie Young
Poker and the Game of Life	41	(12)
Steven M. Sanders
The Existential Gambler: Dostoevsky and the Gambler's High	53	(10)
Peter J. Vernezze
Part II Dude, What Were You Thinking?	63	(62)
Thinking about Thinking about Thinking about Thinking (about Poker)	65	(16)
Jonathan Ellis
Don't Play on Tilt! Avoiding Seven Costly Critical Thinking Errors in Poker	81	(12)
Gregory Bassham
Marc C. Marchese
Probability as a Guide to Poker	93	(12)
Don Fallis
The Irrational Game: Why There's No Perfect System	105	(12)
Robert Northcott
``I Should Have Known It!'': Gilbert Ryle and Poker Knowledge	117	(8)
Kenneth G. Lucey
Part III Lying, Bluffing, and ``Friendly'' Pummeling	125	(54)
Bluffing, Lying, and Bullshitting	127	(12)
Brian Huss
Poker Lies: Keep Your Friends Close and Your Ethicists Closer	139	(8)
Anne Barnhill
Susan Solomon
Online Poker: Is it Bluffing when No One Sees You Blink?	147	(12)
David R. Koepsell
Power Poker: Machiavelli and Brunson's Super System	159	(8)
David Hahn
Why My Daughter Plays Poker (and How I Learned to Deal)	167	(12)
Mark J. Hamilton
Part IV Three of a Kind: Texas, Vegas, and Hollywood	179	(44)
Jewish Philosophy Wins the Pot: How Stu Ungar and Emmanuel Levinas Coralled the Texans	181	(10)
Philip Lindholm
Civilization amidst Wilderness: Hobbes, Poker, and Classic Westerns	191	(12)
Kevin L. Stoehr
Annie Duke Takes on Hollywood: Girl Power at the Poker Table	203	(12)
Rebecca Housel
``The Cheating Game'': Poker's Culture of Violence	215	(8)
Wendy C. Hamblet
The Players	223	(4)
Index	227