Philosophy through Film
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This fifth edition of Philosophy through Film uses recently released, well-received movies to explore answers to classic questions in philosophy in an approachable yet philosophically rigorous manner. Author Amy Karofsky uses two films in each chapter to examine one long-standing philosophical question and assess some of the best solutions to it that have been offered. The chosen movies are not mere “add-ons” to an otherwise straightforward introductory text; instead, they are fully integrated into the discussion of the issues and the various positions.
Each chapter also includes discussion questions, an annotated list of films related to the chapter topic, and two or three historically significant primary sources (which are collected together at the end of the book). Changes to the fifth edition include: The replacement of older movies with four new focus films: Anatomy of a Fall, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Get Out, and The Time Traveler’s Wife.
The addition of new primary readings from Roderick Chisholm, Jerry Fodor, Baron d’Holbach, and Susan Wolf. Important new sections added to Chapter 1 on Truth (“The Identity Theory of Truth”) and Chapter 5 on Artificial Intelligence (“The I in AI”). A major overhaul of Chapter 6 on free will, determinism, and moral responsibility. Updated notes throughout. The films examined in depth are: Ad Astra; Anatomy of a Fall; Arrival; Beautiful Boy; Crimes and Misdemeanors; Divergent; Equilibrium, Everywhere Everything All at Once; Ex Machina; Get Out; Gone Baby Gone; Her; Inception; Edge of Tomorrow; The Matrix; Memento; A Serious Man; Silence; The Time Traveler’s Wife.
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- Taylor & Francis
- 9781040319451
- 9781032544595
- ePub
- 5
- Amy Karofsky
- English
- 2025-03-31
- 100
- 2
- 2
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- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Truth: Arrival Anatomy of a Fall
- 2 Skepticism: The Matrix Inception
- 3 Personal Identity: Memento The Time Traveler’s Wife
- 4 The Mind–Body Problem: Edge of Tomorrow Get Out
- 5 Artificial Intelligence: Her Ex Machina
- 6 Free Will, Determinism, and Moral Responsibility: Beautiful Boy Everything Everywhere All at Once
- 7 Ethics: Crimes and Misdemeanors Gone Baby Gone
- 8 Political Philosophy: Equilibrium Divergent
- 9 Philosophy of Religion: A Serious Man Silence
- 10 The Meaning of Life: Ad Astra Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Readings from Primary Sources
- Reading 0 Plato, “Allegory of the Cave”
- Reading 1a Bertrand Russell, from The Problems of Philosophy
- Reading 1b William James, from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking
- Reading 2a René Descartes, “Meditation One”
- Reading 2b George Berkeley, from A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
- Reading 3a John Locke, from An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
- Reading 3b David Hume, from A Treatise of Human Nature (also for Chapter 2)
- Reading 4a Patricia Smith Churchland, from “Can Neurobiology Teach Us Anything about Consciousness?”
- Reading 4b Jerry A. Fodor, from “The Mind–Body Problem”
- Reading 4c Frank Jackson, “What Mary Didn’t Know” (also for Chapter 5)
- Reading 5a Alan Turing, from “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”
- Reading 5b John Searle, from “Minds, Brains, and Programs”
- Reading 6a Baron d’Holbach, from The System of Nature, Vol. I
- Reading 6b Roderick M. Chisholm, from “Human Freedom and the Self”
- Reading 7a John Stuart Mill, from Utilitarianism
- Reading 7b Immanuel Kant, from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals
- Reading 8a Thomas Hobbes, from Leviathan
- Reading 8b John Stuart Mill, from On Liberty
- Reading 9a J. L. Mackie, from “Evil and Omnipotence”
- Reading 9b Augustine, from On Free Choice of the Will
- Reading 10a Albert Camus, “The Myth of Sisyphus”
- Reading 10b Susan Wolf, from “Happiness and Meaning: Two Aspects of the Good Life”
- Index