The Blackwell Philosophy and PopCulture Series

Series editor William Irwin

A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, and a healthy helping of popular culture clears the cobwebs from Kant. Philosophy has had a public relations problem for a few centuries now. This series aims to change that, showing that philosophy is relevant to your life—and not just for answering the big questions like “To be or not to be?” but for answering the little questions: “To watch or not to watch South Park?” Thinking deeply about TV, movies, and music doesn’t make you a “complete idiot.” In fact it might make you a philosopher, someone who believes the unexamined life is not worth living and the unexamined cartoon is not worth watching.

South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today

Edited by Robert Arp

Metallica and Philosophy: A Crash Course in Brain Surgery

Edited by William Irwin

Family Guy and Philosophy: A Cure for the Petarded

Edited by J. Jeremy Wisnewski

The Daily Show and Philosophy: Moments of Zen in the Art of Fake News

Edited by Jason Holt

Lost and Philosophy: The Island Has Its Reasons

Edited by Sharon M. Kaye

24 and Philosophy: The World According to Jack

Edited by Jennifer Hart Weed, Richard Davis, and Ronald Weed

Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Begins Out There

Edited by Jason T. Eberl

The Office and Philosophy: Scenes from the Unexamined Life

Edited by J. Jeremy Wisnewski