{"product_id":"doctor-strange-and-philosophy-isbn-9781119437949","title":"Doctor Strange and Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplore the mind and world of the brilliant neurosurgeon-turned-Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Stephen Strange\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarvel Comics legends Stan Lee and Steve Ditko first introduced Doctor Stephen Strange to the world in 1963—and his spellbinding adventures have wowed comic book fans ever since. Over fifty years later, the brilliant neurosurgeon-turned-Sorcerer Supreme has finally travelled from the pages of comics to the big screen, introducing a new generation of fans to his mind-bending mysticism and self-sacrificing heroics. In \u003ci\u003eDoctor Strange and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark D. White takes readers on a tour through some of the most interesting and unusual philosophical questions which surround Stephen Strange and his place in the Marvel Universe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssays from two-dozen Philosophers Supreme illuminate how essential philosophical concepts, including existentialism, epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, relate to the world of Doctor Strange. Fans will find answers to all their Strange questions: How does Doctor Strange reconcile his beliefs in science and magic? What does his astral self say about the relationship between mind and body? Why is he always so alone? And what does he mean when he says we’re just “tiny momentary specks within an indifferent universe”—and why was he wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou won’t need the Eye of Agamotto to comprehend all that is wise within. \u003ci\u003eDoctor Strange and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e offers comic book fans and philosophers alike the chance to dive deeper into the world of one of Marvel’s most mystical superheroes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors: The Philosophers Supreme viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments: By the Glorious Grandiloquence of Gratitude! Xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Opening the Book of the Vishanti 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I “You’re Just Another Tiny, Momentary Speck within an Indifferent Universe” 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Bargaining with Eternity and Numbering One’s Days: Medicine, Nietzsche, and Doctor Strange 5\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorge A. Dunn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Death Gives Meaning to Life: Martin Heidegger Meets Stephen Strange 17\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSander H. Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 “Time Will Tell How Much I Love You”: A Nietzschean \u003ci\u003eÜbermensch’s \u003c\/i\u003eIssues with Love and Friendship 25\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Skye C. Cleary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Meaning of Life for Doctor Strange 35\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul DiGeorgio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II “Forget Everything That You Think You Know” 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 “Through an Orb Darkly”: Doctor Strange and the Journey to Knowledge 49\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArmond Boudreaux\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Forbidden Knowledge and Strange Virtues: It’s Not What You Know, It’s How You Know It 60\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTuomas W. Manninen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Doctor Strange, Socratic Hero? 68\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChad William Timm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Are We All “Looking at the World Through a Keyhole”?: Knowledge, Ignorance, and Bias 78\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarina Pape\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Stephen Strange vs. Ayn Rand: A Doesn’t Always Equal A 88\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdwardo Pérez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III “Reality Is One of Many” 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Astral Bodies and Cartesian Souls: Mind‐Body Dualism in \u003ci\u003eDoctor Strange\u003c\/i\u003e 101\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDean A. Kowalski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Scientists, Metaphysicians, and Sorcerers Supreme 111\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah K. Donovan and Nicholas Richardson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 “This Is Time”: Setting Time in \u003ci\u003eDoctor Strange\u003c\/i\u003e by Henri Bergson’s Clock 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCorey Latta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV “A Man Looking at the World Through a Keyhole” 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 A Strange Case of a Paradigm Shift 139\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrendan Shea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Doctor Strange, the Multiverse, and the Measurement Problem 151\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilipp Berghofer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Strange World of Paradox: Science and Belief in Kamar‐Taj 164\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatthew William Brake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V “It’s Not About You” 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Otherworldly Burden of Being \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e Sorcerer Supreme 177\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark D. White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Ancient One and the Problem of Dirty Hands 191\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Lyons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 They Also Serve Who Only Stand and Wong 197\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel P. Malloy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Doctor Strange, Master of the Medical and Martial Arts 207\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruce Wright and E. Paul Zehr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI “I’ve Come to Bargain” 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Is Dormammu Evil?: St. Augustine and the Dark Dimension 219\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew T. Vink\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Doctor Strange and Leo Tolstoy: Brothers in Nonviolence? 228\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKonstantin Pavliouts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Doctor Strange, Moral Responsibility, and the God Question 238\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher P. Klofft\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Index of the All-Seeing Eye of Agamotto 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark D. White\u003c\/b\u003e is the chair of the Department of Philosophy at the College of Staten Island\/CUNY, where he teaches courses in philosophy, economics, and law. He is editor or co-editor of eight books in the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, including \u003ci\u003eBatman and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley Blackwell, 2008, with Robert Arp), and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Virtues of Captain America\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley Blackwell, 2014). 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