Black Mirror, “Be Right Back,” and Philosophy Matteo Grasso Black Mirror is without a doubt one of the most philosophical TV series of the last decade. Like a modern day Twilight Zone, every episode has a different cast and a different setting. “Be Right Back” tells the story of a woman’s grief for the…
Inside Out and Philosophy What Does it Mean to be Okay? By Roberto Sirvent and Duncan Reyburn Pixar’s Inside Out (2015) hinges on a tough adjustment faced by eleven-year-old Riley when her parents decide to move the family from Minnesota to San Francisco. This is a very simple event, a change from one place…
Here’s something to read while you wait for your copy of The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy to arrive from Amazon. Could the Jedi be the bad guys? Jonathan V. Last thinks so. Click here for 9 reasons to answer yes.
Beavis and Butt-head Take Over Silicon Valley At Mises.org Paul Cantor discusses Silicon Valley, the new show from the Creator of Beavis and Butt-head. Click here to read all about it.
Over at Mises.org Jonathan Newman takes up an issue that will be discussed in The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy (to be published in 2016). Click here to read “Star Trek is Wrong: There Will Always be Scarcity.”
Check out Mark Edmundson on Louis C.K. and Plato over at VQR. Click here.
Check out philosopher Noël Carroll discussing the paradox of horror in a video interview at Aeon magazine. Why do we watch horror movies that give rise to feelings of fear and disgust? Noël Carroll has the answer. Click here
Call for Abstracts Wonder Woman and Philosophy Edited by Jacob M. Held The Blackwell Philosophy and Popular Culture Series Please circulate and post widely. Apologies for cross posting. To propose ideas for future volumes in the Blackwell series please contact the Series Editor, William Irwin, at williamirwin@kings.edu If you have comments or criticisms for the…
Call for Abstracts True Detective and Philosophy Edited by Jacob Graham & Tom Sparrow The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series Please circulate and post widely. Apologies for Cross-posting. To propose ideas for future volumes in the Blackwell series please contact the Series Editor, William Irwin, at williamirwin@kings.edu If you have comments or criticisms for…
Call for Abstracts Alien and Philosophy Edited by Kevin S. Decker The Blackwell Philosophy and Popular Culture Series Please circulate and post widely. Apologies for cross posting. To propose ideas for future volumes in the Blackwell series please contact the Series Editor, William Irwin, at williamirwin@kings.edu If you have comments or criticisms for the…
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