Philosophy in the Twilight Zone

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Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell (2009)
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Utilizing a series of essays examining the broad philosophical concepts embedded in Rod Serling's series, _The Twilight Zone_, __Philosophy in The Twilight Zone__ provides a platform for further philosophical discussion. Features essays by eminent contemporary philosophers concerning the over-arching themes in _The Twilight Zone,_ as well as in-depth discussions of particular episodes Fuses popular cult entertainment with classical philosophical perspectives Acts as a guide to unearthing larger questions - from human nature to the nature of reality and beyond - posed in the series Includes substantial critical and biographical information on series creator Rob Serling

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PN1992.77.T87.P45 2009

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1405149043   9781444310368   9781405149051   9781405149044   1405149051   1444310364   1665197021   1665197013

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The Little People.Aaron Smuts
Introduction.  (pages 1–4)Lester H. Hunt
And Now, Rod Serling, Creator of The Twilight Zone.  (pages 5–25)Lester H. Hunt
Tales of Dread in the Twilight Zone.  (pages 26–38)Noël Carroll
Frame Shifters.  (pages 39–57)Carl Plantinga
The Treachery of the Commonplace.  (pages 58–76)Mary Sirridge
Where is the Twilight Zone?  (pages 77–92)Richard Hanley
Existentialism and Searching for an Exit.  (pages 93–110)Susan L. Feagin
Through the Twilight Zone of Nonbeing.  (pages 111–122)Lewis R. Gordon
Blending Fiction and Reality.  (pages 123–135)Thomas E. Wartenberg
Epistemology at 20,000 Feet.  (pages 136–146)Sheila Lintott
Rationality and Choice in “Nick of Time”.  (pages 147–154)Aeon J. Skoble
Nothing in the Dark.  (pages 171–186)James S. Taylor

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Lester Hunt
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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