The philosophy of The X-files /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2007.
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| Series: | The philosophy of popular culture
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=202157 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Mulder, Scully, Plato, Aristotle, and Dawkins / Dean A. Kowalski
- The truth is out there : abduction, aliens, and alienation / Mark C.E. Peterson
- Freedom and worldviews in The X-files / V. Alan White
- Postdemocratic society and the truth out there / Richard Flannery and David Louzecky
- Some philosophical reflections on "trust no one" / Richard M. Edwards and Dean A. Kowalski
- "I want to believe" : William James and The X-files / Keith Dromm
- Ancient X-files : Mulder and Plato's Sokratic dialogues / William M. Schneider
- Scully as pragmatist feminist : "truths" are out there / Erin McKenna
- Moral musings on a cigarette smoking man / Timothy Dunn and Joseph J. Foy
- Walter Skinner : The X-files' unsung hero / S. Evan Kreider
- Science and the mystery of consciousness : a dialogue between Mulder and Scully / Gordon Barnes
- "Clyde Bruckman's final repose" reprised / Dean A. Kowalski
- Hope and pessimism : the two tales of "Jose Chung" / Dean A. Kowalski and S. Evan Kreider
- Feelings and fictions : exploring emotion and belief in Fight the future / Christopher R. Trogan.