Alice in Wonderland and philosophy : curiouser and curiouser

著者

• Davis, Richard Brian

書誌事項

Alice in Wonderland and philosophy : curiouser and curiouser

edited by Richard Brian Davis

（The Blackwell philosophy and pop culture series / series editor, William Irwin）

John Wiley & Sons, c2010

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The perfect companion to Lewis Carroll's classic book and director Tim Burton's March 2010 remake of Alice in Wonderland 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. Looks at compelling issues such as perception and reality as well as how logic fares in a world of lunacy, the Mad Hatter, clocks, and temporal passage Offers new insights into favorite Alice in Wonderland characters and scenes, including the Mad Hatter and his tea party, the violent Queen of Hearts, and the grinning Cheshire Cat Accessible and entertaining, Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy will enrich your experience of Alice's timeless adventures with new meaning and fun.

目次

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: "It's My Own Invention"- Yeah, Right! ix Introduction: You're Late for a Very Important Date 1 PART ONE "WAKE UP, ALICE DEAR" 1 Unruly Alice: A Feminist View of Some Adventures in Wonderland 7 Megan S. Lloyd 2 Jam Yesterday, Jam Tomorrow, but Never Jam Today: On Procrastination, Hiking, and . . . the Spice Girls? 19 Mark D. White 3 Nuclear Strategists in Wonderland 33 Ron Hirschbein 4 "You're Nothing but a Pack of Cards!": Alice Doesn't Have a Social Contract 47 Dennis Knepp PART TWO "THAT'S LOGIC" 5 "Six Impossible Things before Breakfast" 61 George A. Dunn and Brian McDonald 6 Reasoning Down the Rabbit-Hole: Logical Lessons in Wonderland 79 David S. Brown 7 Three Ways of Getting It Wrong: Induction in Wonderland 93 Brendan Shea 8 Is There Such a Thing as a Language? 107 Daniel Whiting PART THREE "WE'RE ALL MAD HERE" 9 Alice, Perception, and Reality: Jell-O Mistaken for Stones 125 Robert Arp 10 How Deep Does the Rabbit-Hole Go?: Drugs and Dreams, Perception and Reality 137 Scott F. Parker 11 Perspectivism and Tragedy: A Nietzschean Interpretation of Alice's Adventure 153 Rick Mayock 12 Wishing It Were Some Other Time: The Temporal Passage of Alice 167 Mark W. Westmoreland PART FOUR "WHO IN THE WORLD AM I?" 13 Serious Nonsense 183 Charles Taliaferro and Elizabeth Olson 14 "Memory and Muchness": Alice and the Philosophy of Memory 197 Tyler Shores CONTRIBUTORS: Pawns and Pieces: As Arranged before Commencement of Game 213 INDEX: "Down, Down, Down": What You Will Find at the Bottom 219

「Nielsen BookData」 より

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB04841619
• ISBN:
  • 9780470558362
• LCCN: 2009037590
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Hoboken, N.J.
• ページ数/冊数: ix, 227 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : PR4611.A73
  • DC22 : 823/.8
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Alice's adventures in Wonderland
  • LCSH : Philosophy in literature
  • LCSH : Literature -- Philosophy
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA89981470