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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460033403321

Titolo

Introducing philosophy through pop culture [[electronic resource] ] : from Socrates to South Park, Hume to House / / edited by William Irwin and David Kyle Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

ISBN

1-282-71230-6

9786612712302

1-4443-9097-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

IrwinWilliam <1970->

JohnsonDavid Kyle

Disciplina

100

Soggetti

Philosophy and civilization

Popular culture - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introducing Philosophy through Pop Culture; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I What is Philosophy?; Part II Epistemology; Part III Metaphysics; Part IV Philosophy of Religion; Part V Ethics; Part VI Challenges to Traditional Ethics; Part VII Social and Political Philosophy; Part VIII Eastern Views; Part IX The Meaning of Life; Glossary; Notes on Contributors; Sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 c