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…
Lucy and Philosophy Nietzsche and Human 2.0 Duncan Reyburn Okay, it’s true, Lucy’s entire plot is built upon a complete fallacy (that we use only ten percent of our brains), and, yes, the ever imaginative writer-director Luc Besson does ask us to suspend quite an awful lot of disbelief as we watch Scarlett Johansson…
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:
Continuum and Philosophy The Lessons of Time Travel By Roger Hunt I’m willing to throw it out there that the TV show Continuum, if as successful a program as it should be, will affect our understanding of the lessons of time travel at the level of HG Wells’ The Time Machine and Spielberg’s Back…
Minecraft and Philosophy Kierkegaard Would Play Hardcore Mode by Ian Schnee Diamonds Aren’t Forever Minecraft is a building game: you place blocks, pistons, stairs, and electric wire to construct anything imaginable, from Gothic fortresses to carnival rollercoasters. In creative mode you have unlimited access to building materials, but in survival mode the player has…
Guardians of the Galaxy and Philosophy “We are Groot! Jeffery L. Nicholas Guardians of the Galaxy! What a film. Packed with action, story, special effects, humor, and a walking, talking tree. Much press release and on-line babble treated GotG as another super-hero movie, but I think the movie makes clear that, it’s, not a…
League of Legends and Philosophy Can a Videogame Be a Sport? Roger Hunt Ever since the day when Plato was a wrestler (for realz!) people of philosophical persuasion have been thinking about what counts as a “sport.” The underlying assumption is that a sport requires a kind of physical exertion, tempered by moderation,…
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