Authors:Tom Morris, Matt Morri,
Publisher: Open Court
Keywords: philosophy, popular, culture, way, justice, truth, superheroes, socratic
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2005-05-10
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0812695739
ISBN-13: 9780812695731

The comic book superheroes ? Superman, Batman, the Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four, X-Men, and many others ? have proved to be a powerful and enduring thread in popular culture, a rich source of ideas for moviemakers, novelists, and philosophers. Superheroes and Philosophy brings together 16 leading philosophers and some of the most creative people in the world of comics, from storywriters to editors to critics, to examine the deeper issues that resonate from the hyperbolic narratives and superhuman actions of this heroic world. The comic book narratives of superheroes wrestle with profoun

Author: Aaron Allen Schiller
Publisher: Open Court
Keywords: philosophy, culture, popular, stephen, colbert
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2009-06-09
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0812696611
ISBN-13: 9780812696615

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 his word creations (truthiness, wikiality, freem, and others) to his position as a faux-pundit who openly m

Author: A.C. Graham
Publisher: Open Court
Keywords: ancient, china, argument, philosophical, tao, disputers
Number of Pages: 502
Published: 1999-01-08
List price: $52.00
ISBN-10: 0812690885
ISBN-13: 9780812690880

"A history of Chinese philosophy in the so-called Axial Period (the period of classical Greek and Indian philosophy), during which time China evolved the characteristic ways of thought that sustained both its empire and its culture for over 2000 years. It is comprehensive, lucid, almost simple in its presentation, yet backed up with incomparable authority amid a well-honed discretion that unerringly picks out the core of any theme. Garlanded with tributes even before publication, it has redrawn the map of its subject and will be the one essential guide for any future exploration. For anyone in

Authors:Bo Mou, Donald Davidso,
Publisher: Open Court
Keywords: philosophical, traditions, analytic, chinese, wisdom, roads
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2001-05-14
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0812694341
ISBN-13: 9780812694345

How are Chinese philosophy and analytic philosophy—two very distinct traditions—alike? In this volume, fifteen distinguished scholars compare and contrast the methodologies, investigating ways in which each tradition can learn from, contribute to, and complement the other. All but two essays are unpublished pieces written specifically for this volume. Donald Davidson provides a foreword. CONTRIBUTORS: Nicholas Rescher, Robert Cummings Neville, Adam Morton, Lik Kuen Tong, Chun-ying Cheng, Shu-hsien Lu, David L. Hall, You-zheng Li, Chad Hansen, Kwong-loi Shun, Yiu-ming Fung, Robert E.

Authors:David Baggett, Shawn E. Klein, William Irwi,
Publisher: Open Court
Keywords: hogwarts, aristotle, philosophy, potter, harry
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2004-09-10
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0812694554
ISBN-13: 9780812694550

Harry Potter has put a spell on millions of readers, and they all want to find out more about the deeper meaning of his adventures. In Harry Potter and Philosophy, 17 experts in the field of philosophy unlock some of Hogwarts’ secret panels, uncovering surprising insights that are enlightening both for wizards and for the most discerning muggles. Individual chapters look at such topics as life revealed in the Mirror of Erised; the ethics of magic; Moaning Myrtle, Nearly Headless Nick, and the relation of the mind to the brain; and the character of Hermione as a case of "sublimated femini

Authors:Steve Awodey, Carsten Klei,
Publisher: Open Court
Keywords: archive, scientific, philosophy, series, publications, jena, brought, home, view, carnap
Number of Pages: 334
Published: 2004-03-30
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 081269550X
ISBN-13: 9780812695502

Rudolf Carnap (1891-1970) is considered the pioneer of logical positivism, but his work was thought to have been repudiated. Recently he has been undergoing a reappraisal, and this book of essays by leading philosophers, logicians, and art historians attempts to return Carnap to his rightful place. The philosopher’s early days as a utopianist, the root of his thought in neo-Kantianism, his social and political activism – all are explored in these important essays.

Author: William Irwi
Publisher: Open Court
Keywords: philosophy, popular, culture, real, desert, welcome, matrix
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2002-09-27
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0812695011
ISBN-13: 9780812695014

The Matrix conveys the horror of a false world made of nothing but perceptions. Based on the premise that reality is a dream controlled by malevolent forces, it is one of the most overtly philosophical movies ever to come out of Hollywood. These thought-provoking essays by the same team of young philosophers who created The Simpsons and Philosophy discuss different facets of the primary philosophical puzzle of The Matrix: Can we be sure the world is really there, and if not, what should we do about it? Other chapters address issues of religion, lifestyle, pop culture, the Zeitgeist, the nature