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With both young and adult gamers as loyal fans, The Legend of Zelda is one of the most beloved video game series ever created. The contributors to this volume consider the following questions and more: What is the nature of the gamer’s connection to Link? Does Link have a will, or do gamers project their wills onto him? How does the gamer experience the game? Do the rules of logic apply in the game world? How is space created and distributed in Hyrule (the fictional land in which the...
| Автор | Luke Cuddy |
Mr. Monk and Philosophy is a carefully and neatly organized collection of eighteen chapters divided into exactly six groups of precisely three chapters each. Drawing on a wide range of philosophers—from Aristotle and Diogenes, to Siddhartha Gautama and St. Thomas Aquinas, to David Hume and Karl Popper—the authors ask how Adrian Monk solves his cases, why he is the way he is, how he thinks, and what we can learn from him. Some of the authors suggest Monk is a kind of tragic...
| Автор | D. E. Wittkower |
This book is another one of those late-night Grateful Dead inspired dorm room conversations with friends . . . only this time it’s your professors sitting cross-legged on the floor asking if anyone else wants to order a pizza.The Grateful Dead emerged from the San Francisco counter-culture movement of the late 1960s to become an American icon. Part of the reason they remain an institution four decades later is that they and their fans, the Deadheads, embody deviation from social,...
| Автор | Steve Gimbel |
Philosophy and space travel are characterized by the same fundamental purpose: exploration. An essential guide for both philosophers and Trekkers, Star Trek and Philosophy combines a philosophical spirit of inquiry with the beloved television and film series to consider questions not only about the scientific prospects of interstellar travel but also the inward journey to examine the human condition. The expansive topics range from the possibilities for communication among different cultural...
| Автор | Jason T. Eberl |
Recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most popular MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) in videogame history, World of Warcraft is everywhere — from episodes of South Park and The Simpsons, to online series like Watch the Guild, accolades and awards from game critics, and prime-time commercials with Mr. T. Inevitably, such a cultural phenomenon triggers deeper questions. When does an assumed identity become real? Does the Corrupted Blood epidemic...
| Автор | Luke Cuddy |
Popular interest in bullshit — and its near relative, truthiness — is at an all-time high, but the subject has a rich philosophical history, with Hobbes, Locke, Hume, and Kant all weighing in on the matter. Here, contemporary philosophers reflect on bullshit from epistemological, ethical, metaphysical, historical, and political points of view. Tackling questions including what is bullshit, what does it do, is it a passing fad, and can it ever be eliminated, the book is a guide...
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Designed for philosophers as well as readers with no particular philosophical background, the essays in this lively book are grouped into four amusing acts. Act One looks at the four Seinfeld characters through a philosophical lens and includes Jerry and Socrates: The Examined Life? Act Two examines historical philosophers from a Seinfeldian standpoint and offers Plato or Nietzsche? Time, Essence, and Eternal Recurrence in Seinfeld. Act Three, Untimely Meditations by the Water Cooler, explores...
| Автор | William Irwin |
Jimmy Buffett and his music have touched the lives of millions of people around the world, spanning generations and genres. But is Buffett's music just a good time, or is there a deeper level to it? Jimmy Buffett and Philosophy shows the philosophical side of this self-proclaimed non-philosopher's work. The articles in this book provide an accessible approach to thinking about Buffett's music philosophically and to thinking about philosophy from the perspective of Jimmy...
| Автор | Erin McKenna |
In Orphan Black, several apparently unconnected women discover that they are exact physical doubles, that there are more of them out there, that they are all illegally produced clones, and that someone is having them killed. They find themselves in the midst of a secret and violent struggle between a fundamentalist religious group, a fanatical cult of superhuman biological enhancement, a clandestine department of the military, and a giant biotech corporation. Law enforcement is powerless and...
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Batman or Superman? Which of these heroic figures is morally superior? Which is more dramatically effective? Which is more democratic? Which shows us the better way to fight crime? Who is a morally better person? Whose actions lead to the better outcomes?Superman vs. Batman and Philosophy tries to decide “for” and “against” these two superheroes by comparing their contrasting approaches to a wide range of issues. Twenty-six philosophers evaluate Superman vs....
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From the bedtime story by L. Frank Baum to the classic 1939 film, no story has captured the imaginations of generations of children — and adults — like The Wizard of Oz. The story of Dorothy’s journey through Oz, the colorful characters, places, songs, and dialogue have permeated popular culture around the world. The contributors to this volume take a very close look at The Wizard of Oz and ask the tough questions about this wonderful tale. They wonder if someone can...
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The devil gets his due in the latest entry in the Pop Culture and Philosophy series. Supervillains and Philosophy features an international cabal of philosophers and comics industry professionals conspiring to reveal the dark details — and deeper meanings — lurking behind today’s most popular comic book monsters. Whether it’s their moral justification for world domination or the wavering boundaries they share with the modern anti-hero, everyone's...
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Transformers began with toys and a cartoon series in 1984 and has since grown to include comic books, movies, and video games — its science fiction story has reached an audience with a wide range second only to that of Star Wars. Here, in Transformers and Philosophy, a dream team of philosophers pursues the fascinating questions posed by humankind’s encounter with an artificially intelligent mechanical civilization: Is genuine artificial intelligence possible? Would a robotic...
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It’s no wonder descriptions of riding often resemble the words of Asian mystics and Jedi knights: The ride causes your senses to open completely. You experience only the present, the now. Readers who prefer revving a Harley to meditating in a Zen garden know that biking is just as contemplative as chanting in the lotus position. Here, philosopher-bikers explore this seeming dichotomy, expounding on intriguing questions such as: Why are the motorcycles the real stars of Easy Rider? ...
| Автор | Bernard E. Rollin |
“Bond. James Bond.” Since Sean Connery first uttered that iconic phrase in Dr. No, more than one quarter of the world’s population has seen a 007 film. Witty and urbane, Bond seduces and kills with equal ease — often, it seems, with equal enthusiasm. This enthusiasm, coupled with his freedom to do what is forbidden to everyone else, evokes fascinating philosophical questions. Here, 15 witty, thought-provoking essays discuss hidden issues in...
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At the head of The Colbert Report, one of the most popular shows on television, Stephen Colbert is a pop culture phenomenon. More than one million people backed his fake candidacy in the 2008 U.S. presidential election on Facebook, a testament to the particularly rich set of issues and emotions Colbert brings to mind. Stephen Colbert and Philosophy is crammed with thoughtful and amusing chapters, each written by a philosopher and all focused on Colbert's inimitable reality — from...
| Автор | Aaron Allen Schiller |
The Onion, with its unique brand of deadpan satirical humor, has become a familiar part of the American scene. The newspaper has a readership of over a million, and reaches millions more with its spin-off books and Onion News Network. The Onion has shown us that standard ways of thinking about the news have their grotesque and silly side, and this invites philosophical examination. Twenty-one philosophers were commissioned to provide witty philosophical perspectives on just what makes the Onion...
| Автор | Sharon M. Kaye |
Winner of the MLA's 2016 Alan Bray Prize for Best Book in GLBTQ Studies How BDSM can be used as a metaphor for black female sexuality. The Color of Kink explores black women's representations and performances within American pornography and BDSM (bondage and discipline, domination and submission, and sadism and masochism) from the 1930s to the present, revealing the ways in which they illustrate a complex and contradictory negotiation of pain, pleasure, and power for black women. ...
| Автор | Ariane Cruz |
Wo helfen uns Daten, die Welt besser zu verstehen und bessere Entscheidungen zu treffen? Und in welchen Situationen helfen sie uns nicht oder behindern uns sogar? Algorithmen können immense Datenmengen bewältigen, und sie können selbst lernen. Doch das führt nicht zwangsläufig zu besseren Entscheidungen. Denn die Maschinen erkennen zwar Muster, der Mensch aber versteht den Grund. Ein optimiertes Urteilsvermögen entsteht also dann, wenn sich menschliche Erfahrung und das Verständnis für...
| Автор | Thomas Ramge |
Filósofo húngaro, político y crítico literario, György Lukács (1885-1971) es considerado uno de los intelectuales marxistas más influyentes del siglo pasado. Marcado por la filosofía de Kant y Weber, su obra, fundamental para la interpretación de las teorías de clase y la alienación del trabajo, influiría en el pensamiento de grandes figuras de la política del siglo XX como Ernesto Che Guevara. La ontología del ser social es una obra que no sólo renueva la tradición de la gran filosofía clásica,...
| Автор | György Lukács |
Algorithmen spielen in unserem sozialen Leben eine immer größere Rolle – in Meinungsumfragen, beim Wahlverhalten, in der Werbung. Dabei nehmen sie vor allem Einfluss darauf, wie Soziales politisch werden kann. Wir dürfen Algorithmen deshalb nicht bloß nutzen oder ihre Nutzung hinnehmen, sondern müssen grundlegend klären, wo und wie wir sie überhaupt einsetzen wollen. Nur dann, wenn wir sie als politisch begreifen und demokratisch mit ihnen umgehen, laufen wir keine Gefahr, uns ihnen zu...
| Автор | Sabine Müller-Mall |
Desde Homero y Tucídides, y desde Antiguo Testamento hasta nuestros días, la imagen de la plaga -junto con la de la guerra- es una de las más habituales en la filosofía y la literatura para ilustrar el desorden político. "La ciencia supone en la naturaleza un orden que es posible conocer; la filosofía política, un desorden que es necesario apaciguar", escribe Leiser Madanes al comienzo de esta aguda reflexión que echa luz sobre el comportamiento de los individuos y las comunidades frente a...
| Автор | Leiser Madanes |
La vida de Carmelo Peralta permite conocer no solo al paraguayo que se destacó como persona, soldado y uno de los pioneros de la Aviación Paraguaya, sino también aquellas peripecias y actos de servicio realizados con éxito por la Aviación en Campaña durante la Guerra del Chaco. Antonio Sapienza es, sin duda, el historiador más connotado en temas aeronáuticos no solo en Paraguay, sino posiblemente en la región. Su valiosa investigación desarrollada durante años se plasma en estas páginas con...
| Автор | Antonio Luis Sapienza Fracchia |
El doctor Erasmo González demuestra en este libro sus capacidades como historiador y como estudioso del guaraní para contextualizar las obras de Emiliano R. Fernándezy vincular las mismas con los acontecimientos acaecidos durante el conflicto chaqueño. La vida de Emiliano es de por sí atrayente, pero el lector tiene en sus manos un libro que, de forma sintética, refleja toda la gran magnitud de la obra del vate popular por excelencia, cuyo trabajo significó, sin dudas, el sentir de las clases...
| Автор | Erasmo González |