Alice in Wonderland and philosophy : curiouser and curiouser / edited by Richard Brian Davis.
Davis, Richard Brian, 1963-
2010
PR4611.A73 A54 2010 (Mapit)
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Title Alice in Wonderland and philosophy : curiouser and curiouser / edited by Richard Brian Davis.
ISBN 9780470558362 (pbk.)
0470558369 (pbk.)
Imprint Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2010.
Language English
Description ix, 227 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number PR4611.A73 A54 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 823/.8
Summary "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has fascinated children and adults alike for generations. Why does Lewis Carroll introduce us to such oddities as blue caterpillars who smoke hookahs, cats whose grins remain after their heads have faded away, and a White Queen who lives backwards and remembers forwards? Is it all just nonsense? Was Carroll under the influence? This book probes the deeper underlying meaning in the Alice books, and reveals a world rich with philosophical life lessons. Tapping into some of the greatest philosophical minds that ever lived Aristotle, Hume, Hobbes, and Nietzsche - Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy explores life's ultimate questions through the eyes of perhaps the most endearing heroine in all of literature."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Davis, Richard Brian, 1963-
Series Blackwell philosophy and popculture series.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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Acknowledgments: "It's My Own Invention" - Yeah, Right!
Introduction. You're Late for a Very Important Date
Pt. 1. "Wake Up, Alice Dear"
1. Unruly Alice: A Feminist View of Some Adventures in Wonderland / Megan S. Lloyd
2. Jam Yesterday, Jam Tomorrow, but Never Jam Today: On Procrastination, Hiking, and ... the Spice Girls? / Mark D. White
3. Nuclear Strategists in Wonderland / Ron Hirschbein
4. "You're Nothing but a Pack of Cards!": Alice Doesn't Have a Social Contract / Dennis Knepp
Pt. 2. "That's Logic"
5. "Six Impossible Things before Breakfast" / George A. Dunn and Brian McDonald
6. Reasoning Down the Rabbit-Hole: Logical Lessons in Wonderland / David S. Brown
7. Three Ways of Getting It Wrong: Induction in Wonderland / Brendan Shea
8. Is There Such a Thing as a Language? / Daniel Whiting
Pt. 3. "We're All Mad Here"
9. Alice, Perception, and Reality: Jell-O Mistaken for Stones / Robert Arp
10. How Deep Does the Rabbit-Hole Go?: Drugs and Dreams, Perception and Reality / Scott R. Parker
11. Perspectivism and Tragedy: A Nietzschean Interpretation of Alice's Adventure / Rick Mayock
12. Wishing It Were Some Other Time: The Temporal Passage of Alice / Mark W. Westmoreland
Pt. 4. "Who in the World Am I?"
13. Serious Nonsense / Charles Taliaferro and Elizabeth Olson
14. "Memory and Muchness": Alice and the Philosophy of Memory / Tyler Shores
Contributors: Pawns and Pieces: As Arranged before Commencement of Game
Index: "Down, Down, Down": What You Will Find at the Bottom.

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