Amy Karofsky, Mary Litch

Philosophy through Film (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Uses recent popular films to explore answers to classic questions in philosophy in an approachable yet philosophically rigorous manner. The authors fully integrate the films into their discussion of the issues. Also includes an appendix of primary readings, which are integrated into the discussion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000203585
• Artikelnr.: 60351974

Autorenporträt

Amy Karofsky is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Hofstra University.

Mary M. Litch is now retired. Most recently, she served as Director of Learning Spaces at Chapman University. She has taught philosophy at Chapman University, Yale University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Truth (Arrival) 2. Skepticism (The Matrix and Inception) 3. Personal Identity (Memento and Moon) 4. The Mind-Body Problem (The Matrix and Live
Die
Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow) 5. Arti¿cial Intelligence ( Her and Ex Machina) 6. Free Will
Determinism
and Moral Responsibility ( Minority Report and Beautiful Boy) 7. Ethics (Crimes and Misdemeanors and Gone Baby Gone) 8. Political Philosophy (Equilibriumand Divergent) 9. Philosophy of Religion (A Serious Man and Silence) 10. The Meaning of Life (A Serious Man and Ad Astra) Appendix: 20 primary source readings (including Russell
Descartes
Berkeley
Locke
Hume
Turing
Seale
Mill
Agustine)