"Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy" (Autographed Copy)
Item Number: 118
Time Left: CLOSED
Online Close: Apr 17, 2011 10:00 PM EDT
Bid History: 1 bid - Item Sold!
Description
Receive a copy of Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Begins Out There, autographed by Regis '88 alum William Irwin. William Irwin is a Professor of Philosophy at King's College (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) and the Series Editor of Blackwell's Philosophy and Popular Culture books.
The publisher's description of the series, and the individual volume up for bids, follows. Please also consult the Books subcategory of the Regis Alumni Online Auction for five other autographed books in this series.
The Series
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, and a healthy helping of popular culture clears the cobwebs from Kant. Philosophy has had a bad public relations problem for a few centuries now. This series aims to change that, showing that philosophy is relevant to your life - and not just for answering the big questions like "To be or not to be?" but for answering the little questions, "To watch or not to watch South Park?" Thinking deeply about TV, movies, and music doesn't make you a "complete idiot." In fact it might make you a philosopher, someone who believes the unexamined life is not worth living and the unexamined cartoon is not worth watching.
What’s the point of living after your world has been destroyed? This is one of many questions raised by the Sci-Fi Channel’s critically acclaimed series Battlestar Galactica. More than just an action-packed “space opera,” each episode offers a dramatic character study of the human survivors and their Cylon pursuers as they confront existential, moral, metaphysical, theological, and political crises.
This volume addresses some of the key questions to which the Colonials won’t find easy answers, even when they reach Earth: Are Cylons persons? Is Baltar’s scientific worldview superior to Six’s religious faith? Can Starbuck be free if she has a special destiny? Is it ethical to cut one’s losses and leave people behind? Is collaboration with the enemy ever the right move? Is humanity a “flawed creation”? Should we share the Cylon goal of “transhumanism”? Is it really a big deal that Starbuck’s a woman?
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