Thinking on Screen: Film as Philosophy
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (928 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415774314 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Thinking on Screen: Film as Philosophy is an accessible and thought-provoking examination of the way films raise and explore complex philosophical ideas. Focusing on the films The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Modern Times, The Matrix, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Third Man, The Flicker, and Empire, Wartenberg shows how these films express meaningful and pertinent philosophical ideas.This book is essential reading for students of philosophy with an interest in film, aesthetics, and film theory. It will also be of interest to film enthusiasts intrigued by the philosophical implications of film.. Written in a clear and engaging style, Thomas Wartenberg examines films’ ability to discuss, and even criticize ideas that have intrigued and puzzled philosophers over the centuries such as the nature of personhood, the basis of morality, and epistemological skepticism.Beginning with a demonstration of how specific forms of philosophical discourse are presented cinematically, Wartenberg moves on to offer a systematic account of the ways in which specific films undertake the task of philosophy
Characterized by its clear and lively presentation, and by its intertwining of philosophical argument with detailed discussion of several important films, it will be of interest not just to those studying philosophy and film but to everyone who believes in the importance of film to our cognitive life.' – Berys Gaut, University of St Andrews, UK. 'A powerful defense of the view that films can philosophize
He has edited five anthologies of philosophy and film and is film editor for Philosophy Now.. Wartenberg is Professor at Mount Holyoke College and author of Unlikely Couples: Movie Romance as Social Criticism. Thomas E
"A modest, but generally clear and illuminating, introduction to the question whether films can "do" philosophy" according to Nate. Wartenberg's little book offers a modest response to a question that has lately become controversial among philosophers interested in movies: "can film do philosophy?" The way this question is usually posed is by contrasting "film as illustration or example" with "film as philosophy." It's easy enough to see how a film like, say, The Matrix offers an updated illustration of something like the evil demon hypothesis that motivated Cartesian hyperbolic doubt, and it's easy to see why the scenario of a fil. "A very readable, joyful and clearly argued philosophy of movies." according to Fade Up. Wartenberg clearly examines some thinking tools that he uses to open up movies as philosophical thinking. He employs different philosophical lenses to think about Chaplin's "Modern Times", "The Matrix", "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and Graham Greene's classic, "The Third Man." One of these lenses, these ways of re-imagining movies, is philosophy's argument by counter-example. Having worked for many years in the movie business, I find Wartenberg's love of movies refreshing and very down to ea. Intelligent and thorough Iman Loves Reading Author was thorough, insightful, and thought provoking. You leave with a more philosophically inclined interpretation on films that "do" philosophy.