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Arrested development and philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : they've made a huge mistake / / edited by Kristopher G. Phillips and J. Jeremy Wisnewski
| Arrested development and philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : they've made a huge mistake / / edited by Kristopher G. Phillips and J. Jeremy Wisnewski |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.45/72 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PhillipsKristopher G. <1981->
WisnewskiJeremy |
| Collana | The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
| Soggetto topico | Situation comedies (Television programs) - United States |
| ISBN |
1-118-14626-3
1-283-33231-0 9786613332318 1-118-14609-3 |
| Classificazione | PHI000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Kristopher Phillips / Happiness, self-knowledge, and the Bluths / Jason Southworth and Ruth Tallman -- Kissing cousins : incest, naturalism, and the yuck factor / Deborah R. Barnbaum -- Freudian Arrested development / Tim Jung -- Don't know thyself : Gob and the wisdom of bad faith / Daniel Malloy -- Dr. Fünke's 100 percent natural good-time alienation solution / Jeff Ewing Family first : how not to run a business / Brett Gaul -- Bourgeois Bluths : Arrested development & class status / Rachel McKinney -- What Whitey isn't ready to hear : social identity in Arrested development / Jeremy Wisnewski -- I just blue myself : the use and abuse of language in Arrested development / M.E. Verrochi -- To bias Tobias : gender identity, sexuality, and Arrested development / Darci Doll -- I'm Oscar.com : the problem(s) of personal identity in Arrested development / Kristopher Phillips -- You can't do magic : Gob Bluth and the illusionist's craft / Michael Cholbi -- Is justified Bluth belief knowledge? / Brett Coppenger and Kristopher Phillips -- Bunkers and balls : Arrested development, underdetermination, and the theory-ladenness of observation / Michael Da Silva -- No touching! : George Sr's brush with treason / Douglas Paletta and Paul Franco -- I've made a huge mistake : George Oscar Bluth, Jr. and the role of error in character development / Christopher C. Kirby, Jonathan Hillard and Mathew Holmes -- Comedy of contradiction / Erin Fay and Willie Young -- And now the story of a wealthy family who lost everything : Arrested development, narrative, and how we find meaning / Tyler Shores. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781301803321 |
| Hoboken, : Wiley, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Arrested development and philosophy : they've made a huge mistake / / edited by Kristopher G. Phillips and J. Jeremy Wisnewski
| Arrested development and philosophy : they've made a huge mistake / / edited by Kristopher G. Phillips and J. Jeremy Wisnewski |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.45/72 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PhillipsKristopher G. <1981->
WisnewskiJeremy |
| Collana | The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
| Soggetto topico | Situation comedies (Television programs) - United States |
| ISBN |
1-118-14626-3
1-283-33231-0 9786613332318 1-118-14609-3 |
| Classificazione | PHI000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Kristopher Phillips / Happiness, self-knowledge, and the Bluths / Jason Southworth and Ruth Tallman -- Kissing cousins : incest, naturalism, and the yuck factor / Deborah R. Barnbaum -- Freudian Arrested development / Tim Jung -- Don't know thyself : Gob and the wisdom of bad faith / Daniel Malloy -- Dr. Fünke's 100 percent natural good-time alienation solution / Jeff Ewing Family first : how not to run a business / Brett Gaul -- Bourgeois Bluths : Arrested development & class status / Rachel McKinney -- What Whitey isn't ready to hear : social identity in Arrested development / Jeremy Wisnewski -- I just blue myself : the use and abuse of language in Arrested development / M.E. Verrochi -- To bias Tobias : gender identity, sexuality, and Arrested development / Darci Doll -- I'm Oscar.com : the problem(s) of personal identity in Arrested development / Kristopher Phillips -- You can't do magic : Gob Bluth and the illusionist's craft / Michael Cholbi -- Is justified Bluth belief knowledge? / Brett Coppenger and Kristopher Phillips -- Bunkers and balls : Arrested development, underdetermination, and the theory-ladenness of observation / Michael Da Silva -- No touching! : George Sr's brush with treason / Douglas Paletta and Paul Franco -- I've made a huge mistake : George Oscar Bluth, Jr. and the role of error in character development / Christopher C. Kirby, Jonathan Hillard and Mathew Holmes -- Comedy of contradiction / Erin Fay and Willie Young -- And now the story of a wealthy family who lost everything : Arrested development, narrative, and how we find meaning / Tyler Shores. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827344603321 |
| Hoboken, : Wiley, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The avengers and philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : Earth's mightiest thinkers / / edited by Mark D. White
| The avengers and philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : Earth's mightiest thinkers / / edited by Mark D. White |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey, : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/652 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WhiteMark D. <1971-> |
| Collana | The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
| Soggetto topico |
Avengers (Fictitious characters)
Comic books, strips, etc - Moral and ethical aspects Superheroes in literature Superhero films - History and criticism Philosophy in literature Philosophy in motion pictures |
| ISBN |
1-118-23645-9
1-280-59063-7 9786613620460 1-118-22253-9 |
| Classificazione | PHI000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Avengers and Philosophy: Earth's Mightiest Thinkers; Contents; Introduction: Earth's Mightiest Philosophers; Part One: What Would an Avenger Do?; 1: Superhuman Ethics Class with the Avengers Prime; 2: Shining the Light on the Dark Avengers; 3: The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Family; Part Two: Who is an Avenger?; 4: Superhero Identity: Case Studies in the Avengers; 5: I Am Made of Ink: She-Hulk and Metacomics; 6: The Self-Corruption of Norman Osborn: A Cautionary Tale; Part Three: Should The Avengers Do more than Avenge?; 7: Forgivers Assemble!
8: Gods, Beasts, and Political Animals: Why the Avengers Assemble9: Cap's Kooky Quartet: Is Rehabilitation Possible?; Part Four: Do the Avengers Ever Go Too Far?; 10: Fighting the Good Fight: Military Ethics and the Kree-Skrull War; 11: Secrets and Lies: Compromising the Avengers' Values for the Good of the World; 12: The Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Problem with Proactive Superheroics; Part Five: What Kind of World Do the Avengers Live In?; 13: Can Kang Kill His Past Self? The Paradox of Time Travel; 14: ""No Other Gods Before Me"": God, Ontology, and Ethics in the Avengers' Universe 15: Love Avengers Style: Can an Android Love a Human?16: The Way of the Arrow: Hawkeye Meets the Taoist Masters; Appendix: Why Are There Four Volumes of Avengers?; Contributors: Avengers Academy; Index: From Jarvis's Secret Files |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790443603321 |
| Hoboken, New Jersey, : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2012] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The avengers and philosophy : Earth's mightiest thinkers / / edited by Mark D. White
| The avengers and philosophy : Earth's mightiest thinkers / / edited by Mark D. White |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey, : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/652 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WhiteMark D. <1971-> |
| Collana | The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
| Soggetto topico |
Avengers (Fictitious characters)
Comic books, strips, etc - Moral and ethical aspects Superheroes in literature Superhero films - History and criticism Philosophy in literature Philosophy in motion pictures |
| ISBN |
1-118-23645-9
1-280-59063-7 9786613620460 1-118-22253-9 |
| Classificazione | PHI000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Avengers and Philosophy: Earth's Mightiest Thinkers; Contents; Introduction: Earth's Mightiest Philosophers; Part One: What Would an Avenger Do?; 1: Superhuman Ethics Class with the Avengers Prime; 2: Shining the Light on the Dark Avengers; 3: The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Family; Part Two: Who is an Avenger?; 4: Superhero Identity: Case Studies in the Avengers; 5: I Am Made of Ink: She-Hulk and Metacomics; 6: The Self-Corruption of Norman Osborn: A Cautionary Tale; Part Three: Should The Avengers Do more than Avenge?; 7: Forgivers Assemble!
8: Gods, Beasts, and Political Animals: Why the Avengers Assemble9: Cap's Kooky Quartet: Is Rehabilitation Possible?; Part Four: Do the Avengers Ever Go Too Far?; 10: Fighting the Good Fight: Military Ethics and the Kree-Skrull War; 11: Secrets and Lies: Compromising the Avengers' Values for the Good of the World; 12: The Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Problem with Proactive Superheroics; Part Five: What Kind of World Do the Avengers Live In?; 13: Can Kang Kill His Past Self? The Paradox of Time Travel; 14: ""No Other Gods Before Me"": God, Ontology, and Ethics in the Avengers' Universe 15: Love Avengers Style: Can an Android Love a Human?16: The Way of the Arrow: Hawkeye Meets the Taoist Masters; Appendix: Why Are There Four Volumes of Avengers?; Contributors: Avengers Academy; Index: From Jarvis's Secret Files |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820059603321 |
| Hoboken, New Jersey, : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2012] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Big bang theory and philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : rock, paper, scissors, Aristotle, Locke / / edited by Dean A. Kowalski
| The Big bang theory and philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : rock, paper, scissors, Aristotle, Locke / / edited by Dean A. Kowalski |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.45/72 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KowalskiDean A |
| Collana | The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
| Soggetto topico | Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-118-23641-6
1-280-59277-X 9786613622600 1-118-22252-0 |
| Classificazione | PHI000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Big Bang Theory and Philosophy: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Aristotle, Locke; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: ""Unraveling the Mysteries""; Part One: ""It all Began on a Warm Summer's Evening in Greece"": Aristotelian Insights; 1: Aristotle on Sheldon Cooper: Ancient Greek Meets Modern Geek; The Life of the Mind; The Ancient Greek and the Modern Geek; The Joy of Geekdom; Geeky Fun and the Purpose of Life; Trial of a Nerd; The Aristotle-Cooper Evaluation; Notes; 2: ""You're a Sucky, Sucky Friend"": Seeking Aristotelian Friendship in The Big Bang Theory
""Do You Have Any Books about Making Friends?""""Did You Ever Consider Making Friends by Being . . . Pleasant?""; ""Kripke! What'd You Say of the Idea of You and I Becoming Friends?""; ""To Make Friends . . . Take an Interest in Their Lives""; ""That's Insane on the Face of It""; ""There Is No Algorithm for Making Friends!""; Notes; 3: The Big Bang Theory on the Use and Abuse of Modern Technology; Some Healthy Webcam-ing; Unhealthy Interactions; Virtual Vengeance; Aristotle's Mean; Aristotle in Television; Bright and Shiny Penny; Where Do We Go?; Notes Part Two: ""Is it Wrong to Say I Love Our Killer Robot?"": Ethics and Virtue4: Feeling Bad about Feeling Good: Is It Morally Wrong to Laugh at Sheldon?; Lorre and Prady on Sheldon Cooper; Diagnosing Sheldon I: Cognitive Impairment; Diagnosing Sheldon II: Sociability; Diagnosing Sheldon III: Functionality; What Is a Disability?; Notes; 5: . . . But Is Wil Wheaton Evil?; The Wheaton Occurrences; The Theodicy Corollary; Beyond Good and Evil Wil-or, the Wrath of Sheldon; The Name-Calling and Line-Cutting Topologies; The Comic Book Paradigm; The Inscrutability Factor; Notes 6: Do We Need a Roommate Agreement?: Pleasure, Selfishness, and Virtue in The Big Bang TheoryThe Giant ""Hedon"" Collider; The Egoism Polarization; The Social Contract Instability; The Aristotelian Virtue Vortex; The Dennis Kim Conundrum; Notes; Part Three: ""Perhaps You Mean a Different Thing Than I Do When You Say 'Science'"": Science, Scientism, and Religion; 7: Getting Fundamental about Doing Physics in The Big Bang Theory; Studies in Sheldonology; A Unified Theory of Sheldon?; Resolving a ""Nonlovers"" Quarrel (about Science); The Pragmatics of the Special Sciences; Notes 8: Sheldon, Leonard, and Leslie: The Three Faces of Quantum GravityThe Methods of Science; Theoretical ""Discoveries""; The String Theory Paradigm; Hang-Ups, Breakups, and New Beginnings; Notes; 9: The One Paradigm to Rule Them All: Scientism and The Big Bang Theory; The Data; The Background; The Controversy; The Ramifications; The Analysis; Notes; 10: Cooper Considerations: Science, Religion, and Family; Magic Maharaja Macs?; Scientist Sons Scolded; Monumental Math Mysteries; Lifelong Lessons; Notes; Part Four: ""I Need Your Opinion on a Matter of Semiotics"": Language and Meaning 11: Wittgenstein and Language Games in The Big Bang Theory |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790276503321 |
| Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Big bang theory and philosophy : rock, paper, scissors, Aristotle, Locke / / edited by Dean A. Kowalski
| The Big bang theory and philosophy : rock, paper, scissors, Aristotle, Locke / / edited by Dean A. Kowalski |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.45/72 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KowalskiDean A |
| Collana | The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
| Soggetto topico | Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-118-23641-6
1-280-59277-X 9786613622600 1-118-22252-0 |
| Classificazione | PHI000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Big Bang Theory and Philosophy: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Aristotle, Locke; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: ""Unraveling the Mysteries""; Part One: ""It all Began on a Warm Summer's Evening in Greece"": Aristotelian Insights; 1: Aristotle on Sheldon Cooper: Ancient Greek Meets Modern Geek; The Life of the Mind; The Ancient Greek and the Modern Geek; The Joy of Geekdom; Geeky Fun and the Purpose of Life; Trial of a Nerd; The Aristotle-Cooper Evaluation; Notes; 2: ""You're a Sucky, Sucky Friend"": Seeking Aristotelian Friendship in The Big Bang Theory
""Do You Have Any Books about Making Friends?""""Did You Ever Consider Making Friends by Being . . . Pleasant?""; ""Kripke! What'd You Say of the Idea of You and I Becoming Friends?""; ""To Make Friends . . . Take an Interest in Their Lives""; ""That's Insane on the Face of It""; ""There Is No Algorithm for Making Friends!""; Notes; 3: The Big Bang Theory on the Use and Abuse of Modern Technology; Some Healthy Webcam-ing; Unhealthy Interactions; Virtual Vengeance; Aristotle's Mean; Aristotle in Television; Bright and Shiny Penny; Where Do We Go?; Notes Part Two: ""Is it Wrong to Say I Love Our Killer Robot?"": Ethics and Virtue4: Feeling Bad about Feeling Good: Is It Morally Wrong to Laugh at Sheldon?; Lorre and Prady on Sheldon Cooper; Diagnosing Sheldon I: Cognitive Impairment; Diagnosing Sheldon II: Sociability; Diagnosing Sheldon III: Functionality; What Is a Disability?; Notes; 5: . . . But Is Wil Wheaton Evil?; The Wheaton Occurrences; The Theodicy Corollary; Beyond Good and Evil Wil-or, the Wrath of Sheldon; The Name-Calling and Line-Cutting Topologies; The Comic Book Paradigm; The Inscrutability Factor; Notes 6: Do We Need a Roommate Agreement?: Pleasure, Selfishness, and Virtue in The Big Bang TheoryThe Giant ""Hedon"" Collider; The Egoism Polarization; The Social Contract Instability; The Aristotelian Virtue Vortex; The Dennis Kim Conundrum; Notes; Part Three: ""Perhaps You Mean a Different Thing Than I Do When You Say 'Science'"": Science, Scientism, and Religion; 7: Getting Fundamental about Doing Physics in The Big Bang Theory; Studies in Sheldonology; A Unified Theory of Sheldon?; Resolving a ""Nonlovers"" Quarrel (about Science); The Pragmatics of the Special Sciences; Notes 8: Sheldon, Leonard, and Leslie: The Three Faces of Quantum GravityThe Methods of Science; Theoretical ""Discoveries""; The String Theory Paradigm; Hang-Ups, Breakups, and New Beginnings; Notes; 9: The One Paradigm to Rule Them All: Scientism and The Big Bang Theory; The Data; The Background; The Controversy; The Ramifications; The Analysis; Notes; 10: Cooper Considerations: Science, Religion, and Family; Magic Maharaja Macs?; Scientist Sons Scolded; Monumental Math Mysteries; Lifelong Lessons; Notes; Part Four: ""I Need Your Opinion on a Matter of Semiotics"": Language and Meaning 11: Wittgenstein and Language Games in The Big Bang Theory |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816077003321 |
| Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The big Lebowski and philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : keeping your mind limber with abiding wisdom / / Peter S. Fosl
| The big Lebowski and philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : keeping your mind limber with abiding wisdom / / Peter S. Fosl |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/72 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FoslPeter S |
| Collana | The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
| Soggetto topico | Philosophy in motion pictures |
| ISBN |
1-118-18099-2
1-280-59274-5 9786613622570 1-118-18098-4 |
| Classificazione | PHI000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Is Consistency unDude? Is Completeness?Abiding Axioms; Notes; Part Two: Second Round Robin: Thousands of Years of Philosophical Tradition, or From Socrates to Sandy Koufax; 3. The Dude Abides, but Does He Flourish?; ""How's the Smut Business, Jackie?""; ""He Looks Like a Fuckin' Loser""; ""With Friends Like These, Huh, Gary?""; ""I Like Your Style, Dude""; Notes; 4. ""Man Down!"": Aristotle, Epicurus, and the Dude on Friendship and Solidarity; Aristotle: Social Beings and the Key to Pasadena; Epicurus: Natural Pleasures and Taking It Easy; The Dude: Eudaimonia, Ataraxia, and League Play
Notes5. Epicurus and ""Contented Poverty"": The Big Lebowski as Epicurean Parable; Real Epicureanism; Enough Is Enough; Love, Sex, and His Dudeness; The Simple Life; Money; True Wealth; Notes; 6. Buddhism, Daoism, and Dudeism; The Dude and the Dao; Dharma and the Dude; Zen Dudeism?; Notes; Part Three: Third Round Robin: Over the Line!; 7. Drawing a Line in the Sand: Rules of Aggression in The Big Lebowski; Just War Theory: Jus ad Bellum; Just War Theory: Jus in Bello; Why We Should Give a Shit about the Rules of Aggression; Notes 8. ""That Ain't Legal Either"": Rules, Virtue, and Authenticity in The Big LebowskiTumbling Tumbleweeds, What Have You, and Being ""Very UnDude""; Rule Rigidity 1: ""Am I the Only One around Here Who Gives a Shit about the Rules?""; Rule Rigidity 2: ""Okay, but How Does All This Add Up to an Emergency?""; Rule Rigidity 3: ""Dude, Chinaman Is Not the Preferred Nomenclature""; The Big Lebowski's Hypocrisy: ""Every Bum's Lot in Life Is His Own Responsibility""; Exclusion: ""Donny, You're Out of Your Element""; The Virtues of Perspective: ""No Funny Stuff""; Notes Part Four: Fourth Round Robin: Nothing to be Afraid of9. Bowling Our Way out of Nihilism; ""What the Fuck Is He Talking About?""; The Exhaustion of Nihilism; Achievers Anonymous; Credence in Modernity; Bowling Abides; What Form Does Our Abiding Take?; Notes; 10. Existentialism, Absurdity, and The Big Lebowski; Camus on Absurdity; Sartre on Absurdity; Camus vs. Sartre on Existentialist Art; The Existentialist Character of The Big Lebowski; Notes; 11. Bowling, Despair, and American Nihilism; Sic Semper Deadbeats; A Tale of Two Lebowskis; Sisyphus Was a Bowler; The Wisdom of Abiding Repetition Notes |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790277103321 |
| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The big Lebowski and philosophy : keeping your mind limber with abiding wisdom / / Peter S. Fosl
| The big Lebowski and philosophy : keeping your mind limber with abiding wisdom / / Peter S. Fosl |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/72 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FoslPeter S |
| Collana | The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series |
| Soggetto topico | Philosophy in motion pictures |
| ISBN |
1-118-18099-2
1-280-59274-5 9786613622570 1-118-18098-4 |
| Classificazione | PHI000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Is Consistency unDude? Is Completeness?Abiding Axioms; Notes; Part Two: Second Round Robin: Thousands of Years of Philosophical Tradition, or From Socrates to Sandy Koufax; 3. The Dude Abides, but Does He Flourish?; ""How's the Smut Business, Jackie?""; ""He Looks Like a Fuckin' Loser""; ""With Friends Like These, Huh, Gary?""; ""I Like Your Style, Dude""; Notes; 4. ""Man Down!"": Aristotle, Epicurus, and the Dude on Friendship and Solidarity; Aristotle: Social Beings and the Key to Pasadena; Epicurus: Natural Pleasures and Taking It Easy; The Dude: Eudaimonia, Ataraxia, and League Play
Notes5. Epicurus and ""Contented Poverty"": The Big Lebowski as Epicurean Parable; Real Epicureanism; Enough Is Enough; Love, Sex, and His Dudeness; The Simple Life; Money; True Wealth; Notes; 6. Buddhism, Daoism, and Dudeism; The Dude and the Dao; Dharma and the Dude; Zen Dudeism?; Notes; Part Three: Third Round Robin: Over the Line!; 7. Drawing a Line in the Sand: Rules of Aggression in The Big Lebowski; Just War Theory: Jus ad Bellum; Just War Theory: Jus in Bello; Why We Should Give a Shit about the Rules of Aggression; Notes 8. ""That Ain't Legal Either"": Rules, Virtue, and Authenticity in The Big LebowskiTumbling Tumbleweeds, What Have You, and Being ""Very UnDude""; Rule Rigidity 1: ""Am I the Only One around Here Who Gives a Shit about the Rules?""; Rule Rigidity 2: ""Okay, but How Does All This Add Up to an Emergency?""; Rule Rigidity 3: ""Dude, Chinaman Is Not the Preferred Nomenclature""; The Big Lebowski's Hypocrisy: ""Every Bum's Lot in Life Is His Own Responsibility""; Exclusion: ""Donny, You're Out of Your Element""; The Virtues of Perspective: ""No Funny Stuff""; Notes Part Four: Fourth Round Robin: Nothing to be Afraid of9. Bowling Our Way out of Nihilism; ""What the Fuck Is He Talking About?""; The Exhaustion of Nihilism; Achievers Anonymous; Credence in Modernity; Bowling Abides; What Form Does Our Abiding Take?; Notes; 10. Existentialism, Absurdity, and The Big Lebowski; Camus on Absurdity; Sartre on Absurdity; Camus vs. Sartre on Existentialist Art; The Existentialist Character of The Big Lebowski; Notes; 11. Bowling, Despair, and American Nihilism; Sic Semper Deadbeats; A Tale of Two Lebowskis; Sisyphus Was a Bowler; The Wisdom of Abiding Repetition Notes |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824091103321 |
| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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BioShock and philosophy : irrational game, rational book / / edited by Luke Cuddy
| BioShock and philosophy : irrational game, rational book / / edited by Luke Cuddy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 pages) |
| Disciplina | 794.8/1536 |
| Collana | Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Video games - Philosophy
Video games - Design |
| ISBN |
1-118-91588-7
1-118-91587-9 |
| Classificazione | PHI000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Hacking Into This Book (Introduction) Luke Cuddy Level 1 Research Bonus: Increased Wisdom Capacity 1: BioShock's Meta-Narrative: What BioShock Teaches the Gamer about Gaming Collin Pointon 2: The Value of Art in BioShock: Ayn Rand, Emotion, and Choice Jason Rose 3: SHODAN vs. The Many--or--Mind vs. The Body Robert M. Mentyka 4: "The Cage is Somber:" A Feminist Understanding of Elizabeth Catlyn Origitano Tears, Time, and Reality 5: Rapture in a Physical World: Did Andrew Ryan Choose the Impossible? James Cook 6: Would You Kindly Bring us the Girl and Wipe Away the Debt: Free Will and Moral Responsibility in BioShock Infinite Oliver Laas 7: BioShock as Plato's Cave Roger Travis 8: BioShock Infinite and Transworld Individuality: Identity Across Space and Time Charles Joshua Horn 9: Shockingly Limited: Escaping Columbia's God of Necessity Scott Squires and James McBain The "Union" and the Sodom Below 10: "The Bindings are There as a Safeguard:" Sovereignty and Political Decisions in BioShock Infinite Rick Elmore 11: Propaganda, Lies, and Bullshit in BioShock's Rapture Rachel McKinnon 12: The Vox Populi Group, Marx, and Equal Rights for All Tyler DeHaven and Chris Hendrickson The Circus of Values 13: Infinite Lighthouses, Infinite Stories: BioShock and the Aesthetics of Video Game Storytelling Laszlo Kajtar 14: Have You Ever Been To Rapture? BioShock as an Introduction to Phenomenology Stefan Schevelier 15: "Evolve today!" Human Enhancement Technologies in the BioShock Universe Simon Ledder 16: Vending Machine Values: Buying Beauty and Morality in BioShock Michael J. Muniz . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910131288803321 |
| Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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BioShock and philosophy : irrational game, rational book / / edited by Luke Cuddy
| BioShock and philosophy : irrational game, rational book / / edited by Luke Cuddy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 pages) |
| Disciplina | 794.8/1536 |
| Collana | Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Video games - Philosophy
Video games - Design |
| ISBN |
1-118-91588-7
1-118-91587-9 |
| Classificazione | PHI000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Hacking Into This Book (Introduction) Luke Cuddy Level 1 Research Bonus: Increased Wisdom Capacity 1: BioShock's Meta-Narrative: What BioShock Teaches the Gamer about Gaming Collin Pointon 2: The Value of Art in BioShock: Ayn Rand, Emotion, and Choice Jason Rose 3: SHODAN vs. The Many--or--Mind vs. The Body Robert M. Mentyka 4: "The Cage is Somber:" A Feminist Understanding of Elizabeth Catlyn Origitano Tears, Time, and Reality 5: Rapture in a Physical World: Did Andrew Ryan Choose the Impossible? James Cook 6: Would You Kindly Bring us the Girl and Wipe Away the Debt: Free Will and Moral Responsibility in BioShock Infinite Oliver Laas 7: BioShock as Plato's Cave Roger Travis 8: BioShock Infinite and Transworld Individuality: Identity Across Space and Time Charles Joshua Horn 9: Shockingly Limited: Escaping Columbia's God of Necessity Scott Squires and James McBain The "Union" and the Sodom Below 10: "The Bindings are There as a Safeguard:" Sovereignty and Political Decisions in BioShock Infinite Rick Elmore 11: Propaganda, Lies, and Bullshit in BioShock's Rapture Rachel McKinnon 12: The Vox Populi Group, Marx, and Equal Rights for All Tyler DeHaven and Chris Hendrickson The Circus of Values 13: Infinite Lighthouses, Infinite Stories: BioShock and the Aesthetics of Video Game Storytelling Laszlo Kajtar 14: Have You Ever Been To Rapture? BioShock as an Introduction to Phenomenology Stefan Schevelier 15: "Evolve today!" Human Enhancement Technologies in the BioShock Universe Simon Ledder 16: Vending Machine Values: Buying Beauty and Morality in BioShock Michael J. Muniz . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814136203321 |
| Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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