The Star Wars films continue to revolutionize science fiction, creating new standards for cinematographic excellence, and permeating popular culture around the world. The films feature many complex themes ranging from good versus evil and moral development and corruption to religious faith and pragmatism, forgiveness and redemption, and many others. The essays in this volume tackle the philosophical questions from these blockbuster films including: Was Anakin predestined to fall to the Dark Side? Are the Jedi truly role models of moral virtue? Why would the citizens and protectors of a democratic Republic allow it to descend into a tyrannical empire? Is Yoda a peaceful Zen master or a great warrior, or both? Why is there both a light and a dark side of the Force? Star Wars and Philosophy ponders the depths of these subjects and asks what it truly means to be mindful of the "living force."

Are cyborgs our friends or our enemies? Was it morally right for Skynet to nuke us? Is John Connor free to choose to defend humanity, or not? Is Judgment Day inevitable? The Terminator series is one of the most popular sci-fi franchises ever created, captivating millions with its edgy depiction of the struggle of humankind for survival against its own creations. This book draws on some of history’s philosophical heavy hitters: Descartes, Kant, Karl Marx, and many more. Nineteen leather-clad chapters target with extreme prejudice the mysteries surrounding intriguing philosophical issues raised by the series, including the morality of terminating other people for the sake of peace, whether we can really use time travel to protect our future resistance leaders in the past, and if Arnold’s famous T-101 is a real person or not. You’ll say “Hasta la vista, baby” to philosophical confusion as you develop a new appreciation for the complexities of John and Sarah Connor and the battles between Skynet and the human race.

When you have been wandering the cosmos from one end of eternity to another for nearly a thousand years, what's your philosophy of life, the universe, and everything? Doctor Who is 50 years' old in 2013. Through its long life on television and beyond it has inspired much debate due to the richness and complexity of the metaphysical and moral issues that it poses. This is the first in-depth philosophical investigation of Doctor Who in popular culture. From 1963's An Unearthly Child through the latest series, it considers continuity and change in the pictures that the programme paints of the nature of truth and knowledge, science and religion, space and time, good and evil, including the uncanny, the problem of evil, the Doctor's complex ethical motivations, questions of persisting personal identity in the Time Lord processes of regeneration, the nature of time travel through 'wibbley-wobbley, timey-wimey stuff, how quantum theory affects our understanding of time; and the nature of the mysterious and irrational in the Doctor's universe.

Un acercamiento singular y único a Star Wars, que analiza la filosofía secreta que se esconde detrás del mítico universo creado por George Lucas. Debes desaprender aquello que has aprendido. Que la sabiduría te acompañe. Star Wars y la filosofía presenta una recopilación de originales artículos firmados por las mentes más brillantes de la galaxia, explorando el lado más oscuro y profundo de Star Wars y de todos sus universos expandidos, ofreciendo nuevas aproximaciones a temas tan familiares como el origen de la Fuerza, el papel de la mujer en la serie y un largo etcétera. El libro examina a nivel filosófico el impacto de Star Wars en el mundo real y la importancia de la serie como artefacto de la cultura popular, el legado de Joseph Campbell en la mítica fundación de la serie, creando una armazón para comprender qué hay de «canónico» en Star Wars, y dando a los fans una serie de razones que ayudan a comprender de una vez por todas que Han disparó primero. Reseñas: «La filosofía oculta del universo de Star Wars.» Fantasticplasticmag «Una guía original e idónea tanto para los neófitos de este universo como para los fans.» The perks of being more than a reader

Atenção: Você deve esquecer tudo o que aprendeu até agora. Abra sua mente para uma nova galáxia. E que a força esteja com você. Star Wars e a Filosofia é um livro escrito por algumas das mentes mais brilhantes da galáxia, explorando o lado mais profundo de Star Wars e de seu universo expandido. Há um novo olhar sobre temas familiares, como a natureza da Força — é preciso existir um lado negro? — e uma reflexão acerca da representação das mulheres. Examinamos a importância filosófica por trás do impacto de Star Wars no mundo real como um artefato importante da cultura pop, o legado de Joseph Campbell sobre o alicerce mítico da saga, e oferecemos uma estrutura para a compreensão de todo o universo de Star Wars. Com o livro que você tem em mãos, o círculo está agora completo, e aqueles que um dia já foram alunos podem iniciar o caminho para se tornarem mestres jedis.