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JOHN WILEY Classic Questions And Contemporary Film An Introduction To Philosophy 2Nd Edition 2015 Edition by Dean A. Kowalski
Featuring significant revisions and updates, Classic Questions and Contemporary Film: An Introduction to Philosophy, 2nd Edition uses popular movies as a highly accessible framework for introducing key philosophical concepts * Explores 28 films with 18 new to this edition, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Hotel Rwanda, V for Vendetta, and Memento * Discusses numerous philosophical issues not covered in the first edition, including a new chapter covering issues of personal identity, the meaningfulness of life and death, and existentialism * Offers a rich pedagogical framework comprised of key classic readings, chapter learning outcomes, jargon-free argument analysis, critical thinking and trivia questions, a glossary of terms, and textboxes with notes on the movies discussed * Revised to be even more accessible to beginning philosophers Preface ix Acknowledgments xii About the Website xiii Philosophy, Rhetoric, and Argument 1 1.1 Historical Setting: Plato, Gorgias 2 1.2 Discussion and Analysis 6 1.3 Films 23 Thank You for Smoking (2005) 23 Minority Report (2002) 27 The Emperor s Club (2002) 31 1.4 Synthesis, Review, and Going Forward 34 Epistemology and Skepticism 37 2.1 Historical Setting: Descartes, Meditations I and II 38 2.2 Discussion and Analysis 44 2.3 Films 59 The Matrix (1999) 59 Inception (2010) 62 Vanilla Sky (2001) 66 2.4 Synthesis, Review, and Going Forward 69 God, Creation, and Evil 71 3.1 Historical Setting: Paley, The Argument from Design 72 3.2 Discussion and Analysis 74 3.3 Films 91 Bruce Almighty (2003) 91 Creation (2009) 94 Schindler s List (1993) 98 3.4 Synthesis, Review, and Going Forward 101 Freedom, Fate, and Determinism 104 4.1 Historical Setting: D Holbach, System of Nature 105 4.2 Discussion and Analysis 109 4.3 Films 121 The Adjustment Bureau (2011) 121 Gattaca (1997) 124 Run, Lola, Run (1998) 128 4.4 Synthesis, Review, and Going Forward 132 Mind, Body, and Consciousness 134 5.1 Historical Setting: Descartes, Meditation VI 135 5.2 Discussion and Analysis 138 5.3 Films 156 Being John Malkovich (1999) 156 Bicentennial Man (1999) 159 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 163 5.4 Synthesis, Review, and Going Forward 166 Ethical Foundations and Moral Truth 169 6.1 Historical Setting: Sumner, Folkways 170 6.2 Discussion and Analysis 173 6.3 Films 190 Hotel Rwanda (2004) 190 Frailty (2001) 194 The Cider House Rules (1999) 197 6.4 Synthesis, Review, and Going Forward 200 Ethics and Values 203 7.1 Historical Setting: Reid, Of the First Principles of Morals 204 7.2 Discussion and Analysis 208 7.3 Films 221 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 221 Horton Hears a Who! (2008) 225 Groundhog Day (1993) 228 7.4 Synthesis, Review, and Going Forward 232 The State, Social Contracts, and Justice 235 8.1 Historical Setting: Hobbes, Leviathan 236 8.2 Discussion and Analysis 240 8.3 Films 256 Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005) 256 V for Vendetta (2005) 259 Serenity (2005) 263 8.4 Synthesis, Review, and Going Forward 266 The Human Condition 269 9.1 H istorical Setting: Russell, The Value of Philosophy 270 9.2 Discussion and Analysis 273 9.3 Films 288 Memento (2000) 288 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) 292 Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) 296 9.4 Synthesis, Review, and Going Forward 299 Appendix A.1 A Deductive Logic Primer 302 A.2 Film 312 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) 312 Glossary 316 Index 323