LEADER 04359nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910781993503321 005 20231128182952.0 010 $a1-118-16891-7 010 $a1-282-25369-7 010 $a9786613814340 010 $a1-118-16889-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000000055781 035 $a(EBL)817428 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000564884 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12252675 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000564884 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10527082 035 $a(PQKB)11317850 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC817428 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL817428 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10504157 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL381434 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000055781 100 $a20110708d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aInception and philosophy$b[electronic resource] $ebecause it's never just a dream /$fedited by David Johnson 210 $aHoboken, N.J. $cWiley$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (400 p.) 225 1 $aThe Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-118-07263-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aInception and Philosophy: Because It's Never Just a Dream; Contents; Acknowledgments: The Dream Team; The Editor's Totem: An Elegant Solution for Keeping Track of Reality; Introduction: Plato's Academy Award; Part One: Was Mal Right? Was It All Just a Dream?: Making Sense of Inception; 1: Was It All a Dream?: Why Nolan's Answer Doesn't Matter; 2: Let Me Put My Thoughts in You: It Was All Just a Dream; 3: Even If It Is a Dream, We Should Still Care; 4: The Unavoidable Dream Problem; Part Two: Is the Top Still Spinning?: Tackling the Unanswerable Question 327 $a5: The Parable of the Spinning Top: Skepticism, Angst, and Cobb's Choice6: Reality Doesn't Really Matter; 7: Why Care whether the Top Keeps Spinning?; Part Three: Is Inception Possible?: The Metaphysics, Ethics, and Mechanics of Incepting; 8: How to Hijack a Mind: Inception and the Ethics of Heist Films; 9: Inception, Teaching, and Hypnosis: The Ethics of Idea-Giving; 10: Inception and Free Will: Are They Compatible?; 11: Honor and Redemption in Corporate Espionage; Part Four: What is Dreaming?: Exploring the Nature of (Shared) Dreams (Upon Dreams); 12: Shared Dreaming and Extended Minds 327 $a13: Morally Responsible Dreaming: Your Mind Is the Scene of the Crime14: Dream Time: Inception and the Philosophy of Time; 15: Dreams and Possible Worlds: Inception and the Metaphysics of Modality; 16: Do Our Dreams Occur While We Sleep?; Part Five: Should I Take a Leap of Faith?: Religious Themes in Inception; 17: Taking a Leap of Faith: A How-to Guide; 18: Limbo, Utopia, and the Paradox of Idyllic Hope; 19: Unlocking the Vault of the Mind: Inception and Asian Philosophy; Part Six: What does it All Mean?: Finding the Hidden lessons of inception; 20: Mal-Placed Regret 327 $a21: ""You're Just a Shade"": Knowing Others, and Yourself22: Paradox, Dreams, and Strange Loops in Inception; Appendix : A Safe Full of Secrets: Hidden Gems You May Have Missed; Contributors: The Architects; Index: The PASIV (Plenary Alphabetized Subject Index for This Volume) Device 330 $aA philosophical look at the movie Inception and its brilliant metaphysical puzzles Is the top still spinning? Was it all a dream? In the world of Christopher Nolan's four-time Academy Award-winning movie, people can share one another's dreams and alter their beliefs and thoughts. Inception is a metaphysical heist film that raises more questions than it answers: Can we know what is real? Can you be held morally responsible for what you do in dreams? What is the nature of dreams, and what do they tell us about the boundaries of ""self"" and ""other""? From Plato to Aristot 410 0$aBlackwell philosophy and popculture series. 606 $aMotion pictures 615 0$aMotion pictures. 676 $a791.43/684 686 $aPHI000000$2bisacsh 701 $aJohnson$b David$g(David Kyle),$f1977-$01536532 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781993503321 996 $aInception and philosophy$93785363 997 $aUNINA