wyszukanych pozycji: 8
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Iron Man vs. Captain America and Philosophy
ISBN: 9780812699760 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Who is the most truly heroic--Captain America or Iron Man? The writers in this book try to answer that question from many diverse viewpoints.
Who is the most truly heroic--Captain America or Iron Man? The writers in this book try to answer that question from many diverse viewpoints.
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124,22 zł |
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Discworld and Philosophy: Reality Is Not What It Seems
ISBN: 9780812699197 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In Discworld, unlike our own frustrating Roundworld, everything makes sense. The world is held up by elephants atop a swimming turtle, the sun goes around the world every day, and things always happen because someone intends them to happen. Millions of fans are addicted to Pratchett's Discworld, and the interest has only intensified since Pratchett's recent death and the release of his final Discworld novel, The Shepherd's Crown, in September 2015. The brave explorers of Discworld and Philosophy cover a lot of ground. From discussion of Moist von Lipwig's con...
In Discworld, unlike our own frustrating Roundworld, everything makes sense. The world is held up by elephants atop a swimming turtle, the sun ...
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144,95 zł |
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Adventure Time and Philosophy: The Handbook for Heroes
ISBN: 9780812698589 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Adventure Time and Philosophy is a monster-beating, wild ride of philosophical mayhem. One of the deepest and most thoughtful television shows ever to assault human brain waves, Adventure Time shows us what the world could be like, challenging everything we know about life, meaning, heroism, and even burritos, and it's time to give the show some serious thought. This book screws open our cranial lids, mucks about in the mess that is our heads, and attempts to come to some answers about the nature of reality. Adventure Time and Philosophy is a chance to put down your...
Adventure Time and Philosophy is a monster-beating, wild ride of philosophical mayhem. One of the deepest and most thoughtful television shows ...
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140,81 zł |
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Batman, Superman, and Philosophy: Badass or Boyscout?
ISBN: 9780812699180 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Batman or Superman? Which of these heroic figures is morally superior? Which is more dramatically effective? Which is more democratic? Which shows us the better way to fight crime? In Batman, Superman, and Philosophy, 26 philosophers evaluate Superman vs. Batman in order to decide which of them "wins" by various criteria. Since both Batman, the megalomaniacal industrialist, and Superman, the darling of the media, sometimes operate outside the law, which of them makes the better vigilante -- and how do they compare with Robin Hood, the anonymous donor, the Ninja, and the KKK? Which...
Batman or Superman? Which of these heroic figures is morally superior? Which is more dramatically effective? Which is more democratic? Which shows us ...
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82,74 zł |
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Frankenstein and Philosophy: The Shocking Truth
ISBN: 9780812698367 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Ever since it was first unleashed in 1818 the story of Victor Frankenstein and his reanimated, stitched-together corpse has inspired intense debate. Can organic life be reanimated using electricity or genetic manipulation? If so, could Frankenstein's monster really teach itself to read and speak as Mary Shelley imagined? Do monsters have rights, or responsibilities to those who would as soon kill them? What is it about music that so affects Frankenstein's monster, or any of us? What does Mel Brook's Frau Blucher say to contemporary eco-feminism? Why are some Frankenstein's flops and...
Ever since it was first unleashed in 1818 the story of Victor Frankenstein and his reanimated, stitched-together corpse has inspired intense debate. C...
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132,51 zł |
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Jurassic Park and Philosophy: The Truth Is Terrifying
ISBN: 9780812698473 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Twenty-one philosophers investigate the implications of the Jurassic Park franchise for our lives, our values, and our future. Human beings live and thrive by modifying nature, but when do the risks of changing nature outweigh the likely benefits? If it's true that "Life will find a way," should we view any modified or newly reconstituted life as a hazard? The new scientific information we could gain by bringing back T. Rex or other dinosaurs is immense, but should we choose to let sleeping dinosaurs lie? And if we do bring them back by reconstituting them from ancient DNA, are they...
Twenty-one philosophers investigate the implications of the Jurassic Park franchise for our lives, our values, and our future. Human beings liv...
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132,51 zł |
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Dracula and Philosophy: Dying to Know
ISBN: 9780812698909 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In Dracula and Philosophy 24 nocturnal philosophers stake out and vivisect Dracula from many angles. John C. Altmann decides whether Dracula can really be blamed for his crimes, since it's his nature as a vampire to behave a certain way. Robert Arp argues that Dracula's addiction to live human blood dooms him to perpetual frustration and misery. John V. Karavitis sees Dracula as a Randian individual pitted against the Marxist collective. Greg Littmann maintains that if we disapprove of Dracula's behavior, we ought to be vegetarians. James Edwin Mahon uses the example of Dracula to...
In Dracula and Philosophy 24 nocturnal philosophers stake out and vivisect Dracula from many angles. John C. Altmann decides whether Dracul...
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82,74 zł |
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Deadpool and Philosophy: My Common Sense Is Tingling
ISBN: 9780812699494 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Deadpool is the super-anti-hero who knows he's in a comic book. His unique situation and blood-stained history give rise to many philosophical puzzles. A group of philosophical Deadpool fans delve into these puzzles in Deadpool and Philosophy. For instance, if you know that someone is writing the script of your life, can you really be a hero? Is Deadpool really Wade Wilson, or did Wilson have his identity stolen by the monster who is now Deadpool? Are his actions predetermined by the writers, or does he trick the writers into scripting his choices? And what happens when Deadpool...
Deadpool is the super-anti-hero who knows he's in a comic book. His unique situation and blood-stained history give rise to many philosophical puzzles...
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144,95 zł |