Philosophy and the Interpretation of Pop Culture by Irwin, William -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgments 1 - Philosophy Engages Popular Culture: An Introduction

WHY ENGAGE POPULAR CULTURE? POPULAR CULTURE AND HIGH CULTURE THE HIGH AND LOW OF ART FORMS AND GENRES QUESTIONS AND ISSUES CONCLUSION NOTES

I - PHILOSOPHY AND POPULAR CULTURE

2 - Philosophy and the Probable Impossible

ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION: THE FUN AND THE NOT SO FUN VEHICLES OF LEARNING DRAMATIC PHILOSOPHY AND PHILOSOPHICAL DRAMA VEHICLES EN ROUTE NOTES

3 - Philosophy as/and/ of Popular Culture

WHAT IS POPULAR CULTURE? PHILOSOPHY AS POPULAR CULTURE? “THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND,” OR JUST “THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT”? PHILOSOPHY AND THE USE OF POPULAR CULTURE PHILOSOPHY AND THE ABUSE OF POPULAR CULTURE PHILOSOPHY OF POPULAR CULTURE NOTES

4 - Allusion and Intention in Popular Art

ACCESSIBILITY ALLUSION IN THE MATRIX STANDARD CONDITIONS FOR ALLUSION ALLUSIVE ASSOCIATIONS AUTHORIAL INTENTION INTEGRATING ALLUSIONS INTO TEXTS COVERT ALLUSIONS IN POPULAR ART SOME COMPLICATIONS A PRACTICAL BENEFIT NOTES

5 - On the Ties That Bind: Characters, the Emotions, and Popular Fictions

THE ISSUES IDENTIFICATION SIMULATION SYMPATHY MIRROR REFLEXES SUMMARY NOTES

6 - Liking What’s Good: Why Should We?

INTRODUCTION THE MAIN PART HIGHLY TENTATIVE CONCLUSION NOTES

7 - Popular Art and Entertainment Value

PROBLEMS, PREMISES, AND METHODS ENTERTAINMENT: TERMINOLOGY AND GENEALOGY KNOWLEDGE AND ENJOYMENT PLEASURE AND FUNCTIONALITY INTRINSIC VALUE NOTES

II - INTERPRETATION AND POPULAR ART FORMS

SHAKESPEARE AND THE SIMPSONS ORGANIC FORM AND ROMANTIC AESTHETICS IN PRAISE OF MULTIPLE AUTHORSHIP AND IMPROVISATION FEEDBACK MECHANISMS VS. THE PERFECT PLAN NOTES

9 - From Horror to Hero: Film Interpretations of Stoker’s Dracula

STOKER’S DRACULA SIX FILMS BASED ON STOKER’S DRACULA THE PROBLEM INADEQUATE ANSWERS A PROPOSAL FILM INTERPRETATIONS OF STOKER’S DRACULA NOTES

10 - Socrates at Story Hour: Philosophy as a Subversive Motif in Children’s Literature

NATURAL KINDS AND CONVENTIONAL KINDS SUBVERSIVE SOCRATES BUT IS IT ART? PRETENCE AND DEVIANCE POST HOC, ERGO PROPTER HOC THE COPPER MAN AND CONSCIOUSNESS SUBVERT THE DOMINANT PARADIGM NOTES

11 - Of Batcaves and Clock Towers: Living Damaged Lives in Gotham City

GOTHAM CITY AND MODERNISM DAMAGED LIFE PROMISES, PROMISES FUGITIVE ETHICS NOTES

12 - “American Pie” and the Self-critique of Rock ‘n’ Roll

THE TASK OF INTERPRETING “AMERICAN PIE” THE SELF-CRITIQUE OF ROCK‘N’ROLL NOTES

13 - Photography, Popular Epistemology, Flexible Realism, and Holistic Pragmatism

POPULAR EPISTEMOLOGY A PROSTHETIC DEVICE PHOTOGRAPHY AND KNOWLEDGE CAUSAL ORIGINS DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING INFERENCES ABOUT THE WORLD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WHODUNIT? EPISTEMIC VIRTUE VISUAL LITERACY GRISLY IMAGES AND HOLISTIC PRAGMATISM NOTES

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