{"product_id":"thinking-through-film-isbn-9781405193429","title":"Thinking Through Film","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHINKING THROUGH FILM\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThinking Through Film\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e provides the best introduction available to the diverse relationships between film and philosophy. Clearly written and persuasively argued, it will benefit students of both film and philosophy.\u003cbr\u003eThomas E. Wartenberg, \u003ci\u003eMount Holyoke College, author of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThinking on Screen: Film as Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCox and Levine’s admirable \u003ci\u003eThinking Through Film\u003c\/i\u003e picks up where \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy Goes to the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e left off, arguing that films not only do philosophy but, in some cases, do it better than philosophers! The result is a rich and rewarding examination of films – from metaphysical thought experiments, personal identity puzzles, to reflections on the meaning of life – that shows, in bracing, no-nonsense fashion, how popular cinema can do serious philosophy. —Robert Sinnerbrink, \u003ci\u003eMacquarie University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThinking Through Film: Doing Philosophy, Watching Movies\u003c\/i\u003e examines a broad range of philosophical issues though film, as well as issues about the nature of film itself. Using film as a means of philosophizing, it combines the experience of viewing films with the exploration of fundamental philosophical issues. It offers readers the opportunity to learn about philosophy and film together in an engaging way, and raises philosophical questions about films and the experience of films.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFilm is an extremely valuable way of exploring and discussing topics in philosophy. Readers are introduced to a broad range of philosophical issues though film, as well as to issues about the nature of film itself – a blend missing in most recent books on philosophy and film. Cox and Levine bring a critical eye to philosophical-film discussions throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e  Preface vii  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Philosophy and Film 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Why Film and Philosophy? 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Philosophy and Film Spectatorship 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Epistemology and Metaphysics 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Knowing What's What in \u003ci\u003eTotal Recall\u003c\/i\u003e 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Ontology and \u003ci\u003eThe Matrix\u003c\/i\u003e 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 It's All in the Mind: \u003ci\u003eAI Artifi cial Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e and Robot Love 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 \u003ci\u003eLa Jetée\u003c\/i\u003e and the Promise of Time Travel 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Human Condition 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Fate and Choice: The Philosophy of \u003ci\u003eMinority Report\u003c\/i\u003e 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Personal Identity: The Case of \u003ci\u003eMemento\u003c\/i\u003e 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Spectacle of Horror: \u003ci\u003eFunny Games\u003c\/i\u003e 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Looking for Meaning in All the Wrong Places: \u003ci\u003eIkiru\u003c\/i\u003e (\"To Live\") 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Ethics and Values 189\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 \u003ci\u003eCrimes and Misdemeanors\u003c\/i\u003e and the Fragility of Moral Motivation 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 \u003ci\u003eThe Lives of Others\u003c\/i\u003e: Moral Luck and Regret 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Knight\u003c\/i\u003e: Batman on Deontology and Consequentialism 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Dangerous Childhood: \u003ci\u003eLa Promesse\u003c\/i\u003e and the Possibility of Virtue 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThinking Through Film\u003c\/i\u003e provides the best introduction available to the diverse relationships between film and philosophy. Clearly written and persuasively argued, it will benefit students of both film and philosophy. —\u003ci\u003eThomas E. Wartenberg, Mount Holyoke College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCox and Levine's admirable \u003ci\u003eThinking Through Film\u003c\/i\u003e picks up where \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy Goes to the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e left off, arguing that films not only do philosophy but, in some cases, do it better than philosophers! The result is a rich and rewarding examination of films-from metaphysical thought experiments, personal identity puzzles, to reflections on the meaning of life-that shows, in bracing, no-nonsense fashion, how popular cinema can do serious philosophy. —\u003ci\u003eRoger Sinnerbrink, Macquarie University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamian Cox\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bond University. He is co-author, with Michael Levine and Marguerite La Caze, of \u003ci\u003eIntegrity and the Fragile Self\u003c\/i\u003e (2003). He has written widely on philosophical topics, including ethics, value theory, metaphysics, and epistemology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael P. Levine\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Australia, and has co-authored, with Damian Cox and Saul Newman, \u003ci\u003ePolitics Most Unusual: Violence, Sovereignty and Democracy in the ‘War on Terror’\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). He is currently working on the topic of the role of regret and self-assessment in our moral lives.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThinking Through Film\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e provides the best introduction available to the diverse relationships between film and philosophy. Clearly written and persuasively argued, it will benefit students of both film and philosophy.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas E. Wartenberg, \u003ci\u003eMount Holyoke College, author of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThinking on Screen: Film as Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCox and Levine’s admirable \u003ci\u003eThinking Through Film\u003c\/i\u003e picks up where \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy Goes to the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e left off, arguing that films not only do philosophy but, in some cases, do it better than philosophers! The result is a rich and rewarding examination of films – from metaphysical thought experiments, personal identity puzzles, to reflections on the meaning of life – that shows, in bracing, no-nonsense fashion, how popular cinema can do serious philosophy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Sinnerbrink, \u003ci\u003eMacquarie University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThinking Through Film: Doing Philosophy, Watching Movies\u003c\/i\u003e examines a broad range of philosophical issues though film, as well as issues about the nature of film itself. Using film as a means of philosophizing, it combines the experience of viewing films with the exploration of fundamental philosophical issues. 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