{"product_id":"introducing-philosophy-through-pop-culture-isbn-9781119757177","title":"Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan Wonder Woman help us understand feminist philosophy? How Does Wakandan technology transcend anti-Blackness? What can Star Trek teach us about the true nature of reality? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture \u003c\/i\u003emakes important philosophical concepts and the work of major philosophers relevant, fun, and exciting. Using engaging examples from film and television, this easy-to-read book covers everything from basic metaphysics and epistemology to abstract and complex philosophical ideas about ethics and the meaning of life. You don’t have to be a pop culture expert to benefit from this book—even a general awareness of cultural icons like Superman or Harry Potter will be more than enough for you to learn about a wide range of philosophical notions, thinkers, and movements. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe expanded second edition offers timely coverage of important topics such as race, gender, personal identity, social justice, and environmental ethics. New essays explore the philosophical underpinnings of \u003ci\u003eThe Good Place, Game of Thrones, Black Panther, Star Wars, The Avengers, South Park, The Lego Movie, The Big Bang Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. This edition is supported by a new website with links to primary philosophical texts, information about all the popular culture discussed, and additional resources for teachers, students, and general readers alike. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a selection of key essays from the bestselling \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on examples from popular media including The Matrix, Lost, Doctor Strange, The Hobbit, Westworld, and Star Trek \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains philosophical concepts such as relativism, skepticism, existentialist ethics, logic, social contract theory, utilitarianism, and mind-body dualism \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the ideas of Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Descartes, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Marx, Mill, Kierkegaard, and other important thinkers \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture \u003c\/i\u003eis an excellent supplementary textbook for introductory philos for introductory philosophy courses and a valuable resource for general readers wanting to learn about philosophy and its connections with pop culture. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: What is Philosophy? 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocrates and the Spirit of Philosophy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Flatulence and Philosophy: A Lot of Hot Air, or the Corruption of Youth? 5\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam W. Young, iii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLogic and Fallacies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Chewbacca Defense: A South Park Logic Lesson 14\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Arp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelativism and Truth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Wikiality, Truthiness, and Gut Thinking: Doing Philosophy Colbert Style 23\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Epistemology 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ethics of Belief\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 You Know, I Learned Something Today: Stan Marsh and the Ethics of Belief 37\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenry Jacoby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSkepticism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole: Knowledge, Reality, and the Pit of Skepticism 44\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatt Lawrence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinition of Knowledge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Adama’s True Lie: Earth and the Problem of Knowledge 54\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEric J. Silverman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Wakandan Resources: The Epistemological Reality of Black Panther’s Fiction 62\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRuby Komic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Metaphysics 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nature of Reality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Life on a Holodeck: What Star Trek Can Teach Us About the True Nature of Reality 73\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDara Fogel \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMind and Body\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Astral Bodies and Cartesian Souls: Mind–Body Dualism in Doctor Strange 82\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDean A. Kowalski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Mind and Body in Zion 90\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatt Lawrence \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonal Identity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Amnesia, Personal Identity, and the Many Lives of Wolverine 101\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJason Southworth \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFreedom and Determinism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Consolation of Bilbo: Providence and Free Will in Middle-Earth 107\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGrant Sterling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Inception and Free Will: Are They Compatible? 115\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn R. Fitzpatrick and David Kyle Johnson \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsciousness and Artificial Intelligence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Turing’s Dream and Searle’s Nightmare in Westworld 123\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLucia Carrillo González\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 What is it Like to Be a Host? 128\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBradley Richards Time Travel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Time Travel in Avengers: Endgame 136\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Philosophy of Religion 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Problem of Evil\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 South Park, Cartmanland, and the Problem of Evil 147\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Existence of God\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Hidden Mickeys and the Hiddenness of God 156\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert K. Garcia and Timothy Pickavance \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFaith\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Jedi Knights of Faith: Anakin, Luke, and Søren (Kierkegaard) 164\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam A. Lindenmuth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Ethics 173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtilitarianism and Deontology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Why Doesn’t Batman Kill the Joker? 175\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark D. White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Means, Ends, and the Critique of Pure Superheroes 183\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. Robert Loftis Virtue Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Can Eleanor Really Become a Better Person? (The Good Place) 191\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEric J. Silverman and Zachary Swanson Friendship\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 “You’re a Sucky, Sucky Friend”: Seeking Aristotelian Friendship in The Big Bang Theory 198\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDean A. Kowalski Stoicism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 “You Are Asking Me to Be Rational”: Stoic Philosophy and the Jedi Order 207\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatt Hummel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Challenges to Traditional Ethics 215\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNietzschean Critique\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Rediscovering Nietzsche’s Űbermensch in Superman as a Heroic Ideal 217\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArno Bogaerts Existentialist Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Knowing Who You Are: Existence Precedes Essence in Moana 228\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam J. Devlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeminist Critique\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Becoming a (Wonder) Woman: Feminism, Nationalism, and the Ambiguity of Female Identity 236\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. Lenore Wright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 The Silence of Our Mother: Eywa as the Voice of Feminine Care Ethics (Avatar) 245\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorge A. Dunn and Nicolas Michaud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 “Everything Is Backwards Now”: Avatar, Anthropocentrism, and Relational Reason 253\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeremy David Bendik-Keymer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Social and Political Philosophy 263\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Contract Theory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Maester Hobbes Goes to King’s Landing (Game of Thrones) 265\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGreg Littmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Lost’s State of Nature 273\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Davies Marxism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Federation Trekonomics: Marx, the Federation, and the Shift from Necessity to Freedom 284\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeff Ewing Rawls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Superman and Justice 292\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher Robichaud \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLibertarianism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Cartman Shrugged: South Park and Libertarian Philosophy 299\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul A. Cantor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRace\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Ninjas, Kobe Bryant, and Yellow Plastic: The LEGO Minifigure and Race 311\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoy T. Cook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 When Tech Meets Tradition: How Wakandan Technology Transcends Anti-Blackness 321\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimothy E. Brown Political Manipulation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Black Mirror and Political Manipulation: How Are We Tricked into Dehumanizing Others? 329\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBertha Alvarez Manninen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe #MeToo Movement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Black Mirror and #DeathTo: What Are the Consequences of Trial by Twitter? 338\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAline Maya\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII: Eastern Views 349\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 The Brick, the Plate, and the Uncarved Block: LEGO as an Expression of the Dao 351\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteve Bein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 LEGO, Impermanence, and Buddhism 359\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Kahn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Zen and the Art of Imagineering: Disney’s Escapism Versus Buddhism’s Liberation 367\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteve Bein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX: The Afterlife and Meaning 375\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Afterlife Gives Meaning\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Beyond Godric’s Hollow: Life After Death and the Search for Meaning (Harry Potter) 377\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan L. Walls and Jerry L. Walls \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Afterlife Wouldn’t Give Meaning\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Why it Wouldn’t be Rational to Believe You’re in The Good Place (and Why You Wouldn’t Want to Be Anyway) 384\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Kyle Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 393\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWILLIAM IRWIN \u003c\/b\u003eis a Professor of Philosophy at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He originated the philosophy and pop culture genre of books with \u003ci\u003eSeinfeld and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e in 1999. He is General Editor of the \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Metallica: Ride the Lyrics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID KYLE JOHNSON \u003c\/b\u003eis a Professor of Philosophy at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is Editor of \u003ci\u003eInception and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror and Philosophy,\u003c\/i\u003e and is Editor-in-Chief of \u003ci\u003eThe Palgrave Handbook of Popular Culture as Philosophy.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan Wonder Woman help us understand feminist philosophy?\u003cbr\u003e How Does Wakandan technology transcend anti-Blackness?\u003cbr\u003e What can Star Trek teach us about the true nature of reality?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture\u003c\/i\u003e uses engaging examples from popular media to teach readers about a wide range of philosophical concepts, from the fundamentals of metaphysics and epistemology to complex ideas about ethics, faith, and the meaning of life. 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