Over at BoingBoing, Ethan Gilsdorf explains why Socrates would have made a good DM and that John Stuart Mill was Lawful Neutral. Read now. Also, if you buy (and read) the book, you get an advantage on all wisdom checks:
Sons of Anarchy and Philosophy Holy, Moses! The Pleasures and Perils of Revenge (Part II) George A. Dunn “Anyone who maims another shall suffer the same injury in return: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; the injury inflicted is the injury to be suffered.” ~ Leviticus 24:19-20 Do you think Jax Teller…
Happy Halloween, kiddies. This is the AndPhilosophy Cryptkeeper here, daring you to explore this menacing menagerie of Philosophy and Pop Culture books. OK, so, maybe some of these aren’t all that scary, but they’re all written by folks with some serious braaaaaaains. HAhahAHAHHAHAHAHAAAAA!!! Not-so-fresh from the metaphysical mausoleum today: ….. ….. ….. …. … Also in the spirit of the…
The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy Edited by Kevin S. Decker and Jason T. Eberl The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series Please circulate and re-post widely . Abstracts and subsequent essays should be philosophically substantial but accessible, written to engage the intelligent lay reader. Works focusing on the five television series and twelve…
Sons of Anarchy and Philosophy The Pleasures and Perils of Revenge (Part I) George A. Dunn “And where the offense is, let the great ax fall.” ~ Claudius in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Act IV, Scene V In this current and final season of Sons of Anarchy, one thing has become unmistakably clear: Jax Teller’s…
Destination Star Trek kicks off in London today. The 3 day event includes appearances from Star Trek actors present and past, including William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Nichelle Nichols, Karl Urban, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton and others. Events include a costume parade, Klingon speed-dating (whatever that is), and a video conference with Leonard Nimoy. Which is a good an excuse…
A great article from Nick Gillespie over at Reason.com on Why Libertarians (and Everyone Else) Love South Park. You might also like: View the complete list of books:
24 and Philosophy Jack Bauer and Margot Al-Harazi on “What Must Be Done” by Chandler Brett 24: Live Another Day revives the formulas that made the first seasons of the show successful, yet the writers have placed these familiar themes in new contexts, keeping the story thrilling and thought-provoking, despite some predictability. One of the…
House of Cards and Philosophy Why Write about Popular Culture J. Edward Hackett Philosophy is everywhere, but it conceals itself, hidden behind the debates internal to its own activities. There are many reasons why philosophy does not have a higher profile in the wider culture. Let me just suggest a few: First, philosophy is not…
X-Men and Philosophy The Metaphysical Daze of Future Past? Christian Cotton The newest installment in the X-Men movie franchise, X-Men: Days of Future Past, presents us with a classic philosophical conundrum: time travel. This go-round, though, instead of time traveling bodies, we’re treated to a time traveling consciousness. Wolverine’s body stays put in the present…
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