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Thinking through film : doing philosophy, watching movies /

by Cox, Damian; Levine, Michael P.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012Description: ix, 278 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781405193436 (hardcover : alk. paper); 1405193433 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9781405193429 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1405193425 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Motion pictures -- Philosophy
Contents:
Philosophy and film. Why film and philosophy? -- Philosophy and film spectatorship -- Epistemology and metaphysics. Knowing what's what in Total recall -- Ontology and The matrix -- It's all in the mind: AI artificial intelligence and robot love -- La jetee and the promise of time travel -- The human condition. Fate and choice: the philosophy of Minority report -- Personal identity: the case of Memento -- The spectacle of horror: Funny games -- Looking for meaning in all the wrong places (Ikiru, "to live") -- Ethics and values. Crimes and misdemeanors and the fragility of moral motivation -- Lives of others: moral luck and regret -- The dark knight: Batman on deontology and consequentialism -- Dangerous childhood: La promesse and the possibility of virtue.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Philosophy and film. Why film and philosophy? -- Philosophy and film spectatorship -- Epistemology and metaphysics. Knowing what's what in Total recall -- Ontology and The matrix -- It's all in the mind: AI artificial intelligence and robot love -- La jetee and the promise of time travel -- The human condition. Fate and choice: the philosophy of Minority report -- Personal identity: the case of Memento -- The spectacle of horror: Funny games -- Looking for meaning in all the wrong places (Ikiru, "to live") -- Ethics and values. Crimes and misdemeanors and the fragility of moral motivation -- Lives of others: moral luck and regret -- The dark knight: Batman on deontology and consequentialism -- Dangerous childhood: La promesse and the possibility of virtue.

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