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"This Third Edition of Philosophy Through Film is a valuable book for introducing students to the wonder of philosophical exploration and the power of philosophical reasoning to force us to reevaluate our reflexive responses to fundamental questio

• Title : Philosophy through Film
• Author : Mary Litch
• Rating : 4.79 (752 Vote)
• Publish : 2015-5-15
• Format : Paperback
• Pages : 402 Pages
• Asin : 0415839327
• Language : English

"This Third Edition of Philosophy Through Film is a valuable book for introducing students to the wonder of philosophical exploration and the power of philosophical reasoning to force us to reevaluate our reflexive responses to fundamental questions, such as the nature of truth or the self. Litch and Karofsky have added more recently released films familiar to undergraduates, such as Inception and Gone Baby Gone, and refocused chapters to better clarify the variety of philosophical positions taken on enduring philosophical questions. It tackles core philosophical issues in a serious way, yet at the same time remains accessible and exciting to even beginning philosophy students. This third edition builds on all the strengths of the previous ones, while including just the rig

Mackie’s"Evil and Omnipotence". It is an excellent teaching resource and learning tool, introducing students to key topics and figures in philosophy through thematic chapters, each of which is linked to one or more "focus films" that illustrate a philosophical problem or topic.Revised and expanded, the Third Edition features:

• A completely revised chapter on "Relativism," now re-titled "Truth" with coverage of the correspondence theory, the pragmatist theory, and the coherence theory.
• The addition of four new focus films: Inception, Moon, Gone Baby Gone, God on Trial.
• Revisions to the General Introduction that include a discussion of critical reasoning.
• Revisions to the primary readings to better meet the needs of instructors and students, including the addition of three new primary readings: excerpts from Bertrand Russell’s The Problems of Philosophy, from William James’ Pragmatism: A New Way for Some Old Ways of Thinking, and from J. Together, the authors help students become familiar with key topics in all of the major areas in Western philosophy and master the techniques of philosophical argumentation.The perfect size and scop
  She is currently Director of Academic Technology and Digital Media at Chapman University, where she also teaches Philosophy.

  Amy Karofsky teaches Philosophy at Hofstra University.

  . Mary M. Litch has taught Philosophy at Yale University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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