Could the Jedi Be the Bad Guys?
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
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.
Star Trek and Scarcity
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.”
Louis C.K. and Plato
Check out Mark Edmundson on Louis C.K. and Plato over at VQR. Click here.
Noël Carroll on the Paradox of Horror
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
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
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
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…
Going Where No One Has Gone Before, Gingerly?
Going Where No One Has Gone Before, Gingerly? By Kevin S. Decker In a recent edition of Forbes, Janet Stemwedel, an ethics and science writer, asked the question, “Is Star Trek’s Prime Directive ethical?” Stemwedel considers two aspects of the Prime Directive’s moral dimensions (autonomy and consequences) and comes to the conclusion that the Prime…
High-Intensity, Functional Fitness (and Formation?)
High-Intensity, Functional Fitness (and Formation?) Crossfit and Philosophy By Zachary Mabee Those who have (philosophically inclined) interest in the world of popular culture probably ought to have something to say about the fitness world. After all, personal and group fitness command a great deal of time and money in many people’s lives. (Think, e.g., of how…
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