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050 00 $aB59$b.I59 2010
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245 00 $aIntroducing philosophy through pop culture :$bfrom Socrates to South Park, Hume to House /$cedited by William Irwin and David Kyle Johnson.
260 $aChichester, UK ;$aMalden, MA :$bWiley-Blackwell,$c2010.
300 $aviii, 368 p. ;$c25 cm.
520 $a"What can South Park tell us about Socrates and the nature of evil? How does The Office help us to understand Sartre and existentialist ethics? Can Battlestar Galactica shed light on the existence of God? Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture uses popular culture to illustrate important philosophical concepts and the work of the major philosophers. With examples from film, television, and music including South Park, The Matrix , X-Men, Batman, Harry Potter, Metallica and Lost, even the most abstract and complex philosophical ideas become easier to grasp. This unique, thorough introduction to philosophy features essays from the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, as well as newly-commissioned chapters. From metaphysics to epistemology; from ethics to the meaning of life, Introducing Philosophy through Pop Culture makes philosophy as engaging as popular culture itself"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gpt. I. What is philosophy?$tFlatulence and philosophy : a lot of hot air, or the corruption of youth? /$rWilliam W. Young III --$tThe Chewbacca defense : a South Park logic lesson /$rRobert Arp --$tWikiality, truthiness, and gut thinking : doing philosophy Colbert-style /$rDavid Kyle Johnson --$gpt. II. Epistemology.$tYou know, I learned something today : Stan Marsh and the ethics of belief /$rHenry Jacoby --$tTumbling down the rabbit hole : knowledge, reality, and the pit of skepticism /$rMatt Lawrence --$tAdama's true lie : Earth and the problem of knowledge /$rEric J. Silverman --$gpt. III. Metaphysics.$tMind and body in Zion /$rMatt Lawrence --$tAmnesia, personal identity, and the many lives of Wolverine /$rJason Southworth --$tDestiny in the wizarding world /$rJeremy Pierce --$tThe Terminator wins : is the extinction of the human race the end of people, or just the beginning? /$rGreg Littmann --$gpt. IV. Philosophy of religion.$tCartmanland and the problem of evil /$rDavid Kyle Johnson --$tAquinas and Rose on faith and reason /$rDaniel B. Gallagher --$t"I am an instrument of God" : religious belief, atheism, and meaning /$rJason T. Eberl and Jennifer A. Vines --$gpt. V. Ethics.$tPlato on Gyges' ring of invisibility : the power of Heroes and the value of virtue /$rDon Adams ---$tThe virtues of humor : what The office can teach us about Aristotle's ethics /$rSean McAleer --$tWhy doesn't Batman kill the Joker? /$rMark D. White --$tMeans, ends, and the critique of pure superheroes /$rJ. Robert Loftis --
505 00 $gpt. VI. Challenges to traditional ethics.$tMetallica, Nietzsche, and Marx : the immorality of morality /$rPeter S. Fosl --$tWhen machines get souls : Nietzsche on the cylon uprising /$rRobert Sharp --$tBeing-in-The-office : Sartre, the look, and the viewer /$rMatthew P. Meyer and Greg J. Schneider --$tBatman's confrontation with death, angst, and freedom /$rDavid M. Hart --$t"You care for everybody" : Cameron's ethics of care /$rRenee Kyle --$tVampire love : the second sex negotiates the twenty-first century /$rBonnie Mann --$tKilling the Griffins : a murderous exposition of postmodernism /$rJ. Jeremy Wisnewski --$gpt. VII. Social and political philosophy.$tLost's state of nature /$rRichard Davies --$tLaughter between distraction and awakening : Marxist themes in The office /$rMichael Bray --$tThe ethics of torture in 24 : shockingly banal /$rDónal P. O'Mathúna --$tMutants and the metaphysics of race /$rJeremy Pierce --$gpt. VIII. Eastern views.$tZen and the art of cylon maintenance /$rJames McRae --$tThe sound of one House clapping : the unmannerly doctor as Zen rhetorician /$rJeffrey C. Ruff and Jeremy Barris --$tThe tao of the bat /$rMark D. White --$gpt. IX. The meaning of life.$tBeyond Godric's hollow : life after death and the search for meaning /$rJonathan L. Walls and Jerry L. Walls --$tSelfish, base animals crawling across the earth : House and the meaning of life /$rHenry Jacoby.
650 0 $aPhilosophy and civilization.
650 0 $aPopular culture$xPhilosophy.
700 1 $aIrwin, William,$d1970-
700 1 $aJohnson, David Kyle.
852 00 $bglx$hB59$i.I59 2010