Doing Philosophy At The Movies

Doing Philosophy at the Movies......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction: What It Means to Do Philosophy......Page 14
1. John Ford’s The Searchers as an Allegory of the Philosophical Search......Page 28
2. A The Usual Suspects Moment in Vertigo: The Epistemology of Identity......Page 46
3. The American Sublime in Fargo......Page 70
4. Visions of Meaning: Seeing and Non-Seeing in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors......Page 94
5. Oedipus Techs: Time Travel as Redemption in The Terminator and 12 Monkeys......Page 108
6. Into the Toilet: Some Classical Aesthetic Themes Raised by a Scene in Trainspotting......Page 122
7. Horror and Death at the Movies......Page 134
Conclusion: The Dialectics of Interpretation......Page 154
Introduction......Page 176
1. John Ford’s The Searchers as an Allegory of the Philosophical Search......Page 177
2. A The Usual Suspects Moment in Vertigo......Page 179
3. The American Sublime in Fargo......Page 181
4. Visions of Meaning......Page 182
5. Oedipus Techs......Page 184
6. Into the Toilet......Page 185
7. Horror and Death at the Movies......Page 187
Conclusion......Page 189
C......Page 192
F......Page 193
M......Page 194
S......Page 195
Z......Page 196