176 Pages
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Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
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Routledge
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Thinking on Screen: Film as Philosophy is an accessible and thought-provoking examination of the way films raise and explore complex philosophical ideas. Written in a clear and engaging style, Thomas Wartenberg examines films’ ability to discuss, and even criticize ideas that have intrigued and puzzled philosophers over the centuries such as the nature of personhood, the basis of morality, and... Read more
List of figures, Preface, 1. Can philosophy be screened?, 2. Are there limits to film’s philosophical capabilities?, 3. Illustrating a philosophical theory: Modern Times, 4. A skeptical thought experiment: The Matrix, 5. Arguing against utilitarianism: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 6. Moral intelligence and the limits of loyalty: The Third Man, 7. Foregrounding the background: Empire and The Flicker, 8. The nature of cinematic philosophy, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Thomas E. Wartenberg is Professor at Mount Holyoke College and author of Unlikely Couples: Movie Romance as Social Criticism. He has edited five anthologies of philosophy and film and is film editor for Philosophy Now.
'A powerful defense of the view that films can philosophize. Characterized by its clear and lively presentation, and by its intertwining of philosophical argument with detailed discussion of several important films, it will be of interest not just to those studying philosophy and film but to everyone who believes in the importance of film to our cognitive life.' – Berys Gaut, University of St Andrews, UK
