Indiana Jones and Philosophy: Why Did it Have to be Socrates? (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series)

INDIANA JONESAND PHILOSOPHY
Contents
Contributors: “We Have Top Men [and Women] Working on It”
Acknowledgments: “We Can Discuss My Honorarium over Dinner and Champagne Tonight—Your Treat”
Introduction: “Indiana Jones—I Always Knew Some Day You’d Come Walking Back through My Door. I Never Doubted That”
Part I “It Was Wrong and You Knew It!”: Ethics and Values
	1 Acting Without Thinking: The Sagacity of Indiana Jones
	2 Does It Always Belong in a Museum?
	3 The Virtues that Made the Man, and the Man Who Became the Legend: The Adventures in Philosophy of Young Indiana Jones
	4 Raiders of the Lost Kant: Indy Meets the Categorical Imperative
	5 Feminism and Indiana Jones: A Field Guide
Part II “…But Choose Wisely”: Existentialism and Authenticity
	6 The Absurd Hero: Indiana Jones, God, and Sisyphus
	7 Indiana Jones and Existential Self-Affirmation
	8 Nietzschean Themes in Raiders of the Lost Ark: God May Be Dead, But Best Not Disturb His Corpse
	9 Homeward Bound with Indiana Jones
Part III “Knowledge Was Their Treasure”: Truth and Evidence
	10 Fact, Truth, and Evidence: A Lesson from Dr. Tyree
	11 Indiana Jones and the Quest for Agnosticism: What if All Stories Are True?
	12 The Shadow Realities of Indiana Jones
	13 Pride and Prudence in the Pursuit of Knowledge: Indiana Jones, René Belloq, and Irina Spalko
Part IV “You Will Become a True Believer”: Religion and Theology
	14 Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Numinous Presence of God
	15 Indiana Jones and the Leap of Faith
	16 Sacred Objects and Cosmic Justice in Indiana Jones
Part V “You Call This Archaeology?”: Archaeology and Politics
	17 On My “Colleague” Dr. Jones and his “Publications”
	18 “Sharing Your Adventures Has Been an Interesting Experience”: Indiana Jones and Professional Archaeology
	19 Meddling with (Almost) Incomprehensible Powers
Part VI “If It’s Truth You’re Interested in …”: More from Dr. Tyree’s Classroom
	20 Timeless Artifacts and Aging Humans: Indiana Jones and the Philosophy of Time
	21 Listening to the Music of Indiana Jones: John Williams and Aesthetic Appreciation
	22 “Germany Has Declared War on the Jones Boys!”: Asymmetric Strategy and Honor among Raiders
	23 Indiana Jones in India, India in Indiana Jones
	24 “Some of the Passageways in Here Can Run for Miles”: An Aristotelian Exploration of Fact and Truth in The Last Crusade
Index: “If I Walk It through Mayan First…”
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