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  • As Deep as It Gets

    Movies and Metaphysics

    Edited by Randall E. Auxier ...
    A lot of thought goes into making Hollywood films and television series. The best artists of the twentieth century chose this medium over the arts they would have practiced in previous centuries --the painters, sculptors, writers, musicians, actors, and most of all the director, the master auteur, packed up their gear and went west. As time has gone on, television and movie-making converged into ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Queen and Philosophy: Guaranteed to Blow Your Mind

    Edited by Jared Kemling, Randall E. Auxier ...
    Series Book 6 - Pop Culture and Philosophy
    Queen and Philosophy: Guaranteed to Blow Your Mind is a collection of cutting-edge philosophical essays on the rock group Queen, founded in 1970 and originally featuring lead vocalist Freddie Mercury, who died of AIDS in 1991. Queen’s reputation and fan following continue to grow in the twenty-first century.These insightful and provocative chapters include:● uncover the origins of Queen’s unique ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Time, Will, and Purpose

    Living Ideas from the Philosophy of Josiah Royce

    by Randall E. Auxier ...
    Josiah Royce (18551916) has had a major influence on American intellectual life - both popular movements and cutting-edge thought - but his name often went unmentioned while his ideas marched forward. The leading American proponent of absolute idealism, Royce has come back into fashion in recent years. With several important new books appearing, the formation of a Josiah Royce Society, and the re ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • The Quantum of Explanation

    Whitehead’s Radical Empiricism

    by Randall E. Auxier, Gary L. Herstein ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in American Philosophy
    The Quantum of Explanation advances a bold new theory of how explanation ought to be understood in philosophical and cosmological inquiries. Using a complete interpretation of Alfred North Whitehead’s philosophical and mathematical writings and an interpretive structure that is essentially new, Auxier and Herstein argue that Whitehead has never been properly understood, nor has the depth and ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The Philosophy of Umberto Eco

    Edited by Sara Beardsworth, Randall E. Auxier ...
    Series series Library of Living Philosophers
    The Philosophy of Umberto Eco stands out in the Library of Living Philosophers series as the volume on the most interdisciplinary scholar hitherto and probably the most widely translated. The Italian philosopher’s name and works are well known in the humanities, both his philosophical and literary works being translated into fifteen or more languages. Eco is a founder of modern semiotics and ... Read more

    $136.99 USD

  • Tom Petty and Philosophy

    We Need to Know

    Edited by Randall E. Auxier, Megan Volpert ...
    Series Book 124 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    Tom Petty's Last Tour Sold 637,671 Tickets Across 44 Shows, Earned $61 MillionThe dedication of Tom Petty fans remains intense as they await the release of many high-quality recordings expected to be made available in the next year or two.Tom Petty and Philosophy appears a year after Petty's unexpected death, immediately following a hugely successful "40 Year Anniversary" tour. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Wizard of Oz and Philosophy

    Wicked Wisdom of the West

    Edited by Randall E. Auxier, Phil Seng ...
    Series Book 37 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    From the bedtime story by L. Frank Baum to the classic 1939 film, no story has captured the imaginations of generations of children - and adults - like The Wizard of Oz. The story of Dorothy’s journey through Oz, the colorful characters, places, songs, and dialogue have permeated popular culture around the world. The contributors to this volume take a very close look at The Wizard of Oz and ask ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Philosophy of Hilary Putnam

    Edited by Randall E. Auxier, Douglas R. Anderson, Lewis Edwin Hahn ...
    Series Book 34 - Library of Living Philosophers
    Hilary Putnam, who turned 88 in 2014, is one of the world’s greatest living philosophers. He currently holds the position of Cogan University Professor Emeritus of Harvard. He has been called one of the 20th century’s true philosophic giants” (by Malcolm Thorndike Nicholson in Prospect magazine in 2013). He has been very influential in several different areas of philosophy: philosophy of ... Read more

    $129.99 USD

  • Bruce Springsteen and Philosophy

    Darkness on the Edge of Truth

    Edited by Randall E. Auxier, Douglas R. Anderson ...
    Series Book 32 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    Known as the working man's poet, the Boardwalk prophet, or simply, the Boss. If "love is a banquet at which we feed," Bruce Springsteen has provided much food for thought. In this collection of metaphysical probes, a gang of E-street philosophers will undress Bruce's deeper mysteries like irresistible Jersey girls. Can Springsteen settle the nature-nurture debate through his song "Born to Run"? ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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  • Pink Floyd and Philosophy

    Careful with that Axiom, Eugene!

    Edited by George A. Reisch ...
    Series Book 30 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    With their early experiments in psychedelic rock music in the 1960s, and their epic recordings of the 1970s and '80s, Pink Floyd became one of the most influential and recognizable rock bands in history. As "The Pink Floyd Sound," the band created sound and light shows that defined psychedelia in England and inspired similar movements in the Jefferson Airplane's San Francisco and Andy Warhol's New ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Consolations of Mortality

    Making Sense of Death

    by Andrew Stark ...
    For those who don’t believe in an afterlife, the wisdom of the ages offers four great consolations for mortality: that death is benign and good; that mortal life provides its own kind of immortality; that true immortality would be awful; and that we experience the kinds of losses in life that we will eventually face in death. Can any of these consolations honestly reconcile us to our inevitable ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • In a Manner of Speaking

    Phrases, Expressions, and Proverbs and How We Use and Misuse Them

    by Colin McNairn ...
    What do the whole kit and caboodle,” the whole shebang,” the whole megillah,” the whole enchilada,” the whole nine yards,” the whole box and dice,” and the full Monty” have in common? They’re all expressions that mean the entire quantity,” and they’re all examples of the breadth and depth of the English-speaking world’s vocabulary.From the multitude of words and phrases in daily use, the author of ... Read more

    $10.99 USD