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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
Features key essays from across the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, as well as helpful editorial material and a glossary of philosophical terms
From metaphysics to epistemology; from ethics to the meaning of life, this unique introduction makes philosophy as engaging as popular culture itself
Supplementary website available with teaching guides, sample materials and links to further resources at www.pop-philosophy.org
Auteur
William Irwin is professor of Philosophy and Director of the Honors Program at King's College in Pennsylvania. In addition to publishing in leading scholarly journals such as Philosophy and Literature and The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Irwin originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books with Seinfeld and Philosophy in 1999. Irwin has also co-edited The Simpsons and Philosophy and edited The Matrix and Philosophy and Metallica and Philosophy. He is currently the General Editor of the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series.
David Kyle Johnson is assistant professor of Philosophy at King's College in Pennsylvania. In addition to his scholarly work on philosophy of religion, Johnson has edited Heroes and Philosophy and is also a contributor to the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, having written chapters on South Park, Family Guy, The Office, Battlestar Galactica, and Batman. Johnson hosts a podcast on Pop Culture and Philosophy at www.philosophyandpopculture.com.
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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, House,M.D., The Matrix, X-Men, Batman, Harry Potter, Metallica and Lost, even the most abstract and complex philosophical ideas become easier to grasp.
This unique textbook, featuring essays from the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, is perfect for any introduction to philosophy course. From metaphysics to epistemology; from ethics to the meaning of life, Introducing Philosophy through Pop Culture makes philosophy as engaging as popular culture itself.
Contenu
Introduction.
How to Use this Book in a Philosophy Course.
Part I. What is Philosophy?
Section Introduction.
*Socrates and the Spirit of Philosophy
Logic and Fallacies
Relativism and Truth
Part II. Epistemology.
Section Introduction.
The Ethics of Belief
Skepticism
The Definition of Knowledge, the Gettier Problem, and the Ethics of Belief
Part III. Metaphysics.
Section Introduction.
Philosophy of Mind
*Personal Identity
Freedom and Determinism
Artificial Intelligence, The Turing Test, and the Chinese Room
Part IV. Philosophy of Religion.
Section Introduction.
The Problem of Evil
Faith Seeking Understanding
Arguments for the Existence of God
Part V. Ethics.
Section Introduction.
Why Be Moral?
Virtue Ethics
Utilitarianism and Deontology
Part VI. Challenges to Traditional Ethics.
Section Introduction.
Nietzschean and Marxist Critique
Existentialist Ethics
Feminist Critique
Vampire Love: The Second Sex Negotiates the 21st Century (Bonnie Mann).
Postmodern Critique
Killing the Griffins: A Murderous Exposition of Postmodernism (J. Jeremy Wisnewski).
**Part VII. Social and...