Screen LibrarySuperhero thought experiments : comic book philosophy /
"What if there's an alternative universe with a different moral code? What if we are being deceived by an evil genius? Examining the deep philosophical topics addressed in superhero comics, this entertaining book reads plot lines for the complex "thought experiments" they contain...
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University of Iowa Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Iowa City, Iowa : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"What if there's an alternative universe with a different moral code? What if we are being deceived by an evil genius? Examining the deep philosophical topics addressed in superhero comics, this entertaining book reads plot lines for the complex "thought experiments" they contain and analyzes their implications as if the comic authors were philosophers. In doing so, authors Chris Gavaler and Nathaniel Goldberg--a comics expert and a philosophy scholar, respectively--find that superhero comics often depict philosophical thought experiments more fully than philosophers do, and with surprising |
| Carrier Form: | 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-212) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781609386559 1609386558 z 9781609386566 |
| Index Number: | PN6714 |
| CLC: | J218.2-02 |
| Call Number: | J218.2-02/G279 |