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CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Philosophy and film The philosophical approach Overview of the book 1 Plato's Picture Show: the Theory of Knowledge 25 Plato¿s cave Descartes, dreams and demons Rationalism and empiricism Is seeing believing? Kant and relativism The truth and nothing but 2 All of Me: The Self and Personal Identity 82 Plato and the parts of the soul Descartes and dualism Locke and personal identity Kant, personhood and moral worth 3 Crimes and Misdemeanors: Moral Philosophy 148 The ring of Gyges Plato and inner balance Religion and morality Kant: doing one¿s duty Utilitarianism Existentialism: absurdity, freedom and bad faith 4 Antz: Social and Political Philosophy 212 Plato's ants Liberalism: the heroic individual Marxism: the social individual Three faces of power 5 Modern Times: Society, Science and Technology 267 Scientific utopias Playing God: scientific hubris Alienation in a technological society Recent technology, new views 6 The Holy Grail: Critical Thinking 316 Reasoning and arguing When arguments go wrong Closed thinking The importance of being critical Further Reading 361 Glossary 365 Bibliography 377 Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Philosophy -- Introductions.
Philosophy in motion pictures.