This book uses recently released, well-received movies to explore answers to classic questions in philosophy in an approachable yet philosophically rigorous manner. Amy Karofsky uses one or more films in each chapter to examine one longstanding philosophical question and assess some of the best solutions to it that have been offered.
This book uses recently released, well-received movies to explore answers to classic questions in philosophy in an approachable yet philosophically rigorous manner. Amy Karofsky uses one or more films in each chapter to examine one longstanding philosophical question and assess some of the best solutions to it that have been offered.
Amy Karofsky is Professor of Philosophy at Hofstra University. She is the author of A Case for Necessitarianism (Routledge, 2022).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. Truth (Arrival Anatomy of a Fall) 2. Skepticism (The Matrix Inception) 3. Personal Identity (Memento The Time Traveler's Wife) 4. The Mind-Body Problem (Get Out Live, Die, Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow) 5. Arti¿cial Intelligence (Her Ex Machina) 6. Free Will, Determinism, and Moral Responsibility (Everything Everywhere All at Once Beautiful Boy) 7. Ethics (Crimes and Misdemeanors Gone Baby Gone) 8. Political Philosophy ( Equilibrium Divergent) 9. Philosophy of Religion (A Serious Man Silence) 10. The Meaning of Life (Everything Everywhere All at Once Ad Astra). N otes Readings from Primary Sources Index
Introduction 1. Truth (Arrival Anatomy of a Fall) 2. Skepticism (The Matrix Inception) 3. Personal Identity (Memento The Time Traveler's Wife) 4. The Mind-Body Problem (Get Out Live, Die, Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow) 5. Arti¿cial Intelligence (Her Ex Machina) 6. Free Will, Determinism, and Moral Responsibility (Everything Everywhere All at Once Beautiful Boy) 7. Ethics (Crimes and Misdemeanors Gone Baby Gone) 8. Political Philosophy ( Equilibrium Divergent) 9. Philosophy of Religion (A Serious Man Silence) 10. The Meaning of Life (Everything Everywhere All at Once Ad Astra). N otes Readings from Primary Sources Index
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