Joll, Nicholas
Philosophy and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
1. Introduction
Nicholas Joll
Part I. Ethics
2. ‘Eat Me’: Vegetarianism and Consenting Animals
Ben Saunders, Eloïse Harding
3. Mostly Harmless?
Nicholas Joll
Part II. The Meaning of Life
4. Life, the Universe, and Absurdity
Amy Kind
5. The Wowbagger Case: Immortality and What Makes Life Meaningful
Timothy Chappell
Part III. Metaphysics and Artificial Intelligence
6. ‘I Think You Ought to Know I’m Feeling Very Depressed’: Marvin and Artificial Intelligence
Jerry Goodenough
7. From Deep Thought to Digital Metaphysics
Barry Dainton
Part IV. Logic, Method and Satire
8. ‘God … Promptly Vanishes in a Puff of Logic’
Michèle Friend
9. The Judo Principle, Philosophical Method and the Logic of Jokes
Andrew Aberdein
10. The Funniest of All Improbable Worlds —
Alexander Pawlak, Nicholas Joll
Nyckelord: Cultural and Media Studies, Film and Television Studies, North American Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Philosophy, general, Popular Science in Philosophy, Media Research
- Utgivare
- Joll, Nicholas
- Utgivare
- Springer
- Utgivningsår
- 2012
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Sidantal
- 324 sidor
- Kategori
- Konst, konsthistoria
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780230392656
- Tryckt ISBN
- 978-0-230-29112-6