| Description |
xx, 275 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The philosophy of popular culture
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Philosophy of popular culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
X-files (Television program) -- Miscellanea.
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X-files (Television program) |
| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea.
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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| Added Author |
Kowalski, Dean A.
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| ISBN |
9780813124544 hardback alkaline paper |
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0813124549 hardback alkaline paper |
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