{"product_id":"alice-in-wonderland-and-philosophy-isbn-9780470558362","title":"Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy","description":"The perfect companion to Lewis Carroll's classic book and director Tim Burton's March 2010 remake of \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice?s Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e has fascinated children and adults alike for generations. Why does Lewis Carroll introduce us to such oddities as blue caterpillars who smoke hookahs, cats whose grins remain after their heads have faded away, and a White Queen who lives backwards and remembers forwards? Is it all just nonsense? Was Carroll under the influence? This book probes the deeper underlying meaning in the Alice books, and reveals a world rich with philosophical life lessons. Tapping into some of the greatest philosophical minds that ever lived?Aristotle, Hume, Hobbes, and Nietzsche?Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy explores life?s ultimate questions through the eyes of perhaps the most endearing heroine in all of literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLooks at compelling issues such as perception and reality as well as how logic fares in a world of lunacy, the Mad Hatter, clocks, and temporal passage\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers new insights into favorite \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e characters and scenes, including the Mad Hatter and his tea party, the violent Queen of Hearts, and the grinning Cheshire Cat\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccessible and entertaining, \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e will enrich your experience of Alice's timeless adventures with new meaning and fun.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments: “It’s My Own Invention”— Yeah, Right! ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: You’re Late for a Very Important Date 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One “Wake Up, Alice Dear”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Unruly Alice: A Feminist View of Some Adventures in Wonderland 7\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMegan S. Lloyd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Jam Yesterday, Jam Tomorrow, but Never Jam Today: On Procrastination, Hiking, and the SpiceGirls? 19\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark D. White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Nuclear Strategists in Wonderland 33\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRon Hirschbein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 “You’re Nothing but a Pack of Cards!”: Alice Doesn’t Have a Social Contract 47\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDennis Knepp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two “That’s Logic”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 “Six Impossible Things before Breakfast” 61\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorge A. Dunn and Brian McDonald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Reasoning Down the Rabbit-Hole: Logical Lessons in Wonderland 79\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid S. Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Three Ways of Getting It Wrong: Induction in Wonderland 93\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrendan Shea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Is There Such a Thing as a Language? 107\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel Whiting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three “We’re All Mad Here”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Alice, Perception, and Reality: Jell-O Mistaken for Stones 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Arp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 How Deep Does the Rabbit-Hole Go?: Drugs and Dreams, Perception and Reality 137\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eScott F. Parker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Perspectivism and Tragedy: A Nietzschean Interpretation of Alice’s Adventure 153\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRick Mayock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Wishing It Were Some Other Time: The Temporal Passage of Alice 167\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark W. 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He originated the philosophy and popular culture genre of books as coeditor of the bestselling The Simpsons and Philosophy and has overseen recent titles, including \u003ci\u003eBatman and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHouse and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWatchmen and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eShould the Cheshire Cat's grin make us reconsider the nature of reality?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan Humpty Dumpty make words mean whatever he says they mean?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan drugs take us down the rabbit-hole?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs Alice a feminist icon?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e has fascinated children and adults alike for generations. 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