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Book SynopsisExamines the overlap between film and philosophy in three distinct ways: epistemological issues in film-making and viewing; aesthetic theory and film; and film as a medium of philosophical expression.
Trade Review`Essential reading for any teacher of philosophy.' - British Journal of Aesthetics
Table of ContentsPreface, Acknowledgments, Introduction: On the Very Idea of a Philosophy of the Film: Casablanca, 1. Philosophy of the Film, 2. Film as Philosophy, 3. Casablanca as Philosophy, 4. Conclusion, Part One. Movies as a Philosophical Problem, 1. Knowledge and Existence, 2. Plato and the Cave, 3. TheGoldenMountain, USD A Approval and Realism, 4. Films and Academic Philosophy, Part Two. Movies as an Aesthetic Problem, 5. Art and Science, 6. Aesthetics and Essentialism, 7. Arguments Against Films as Art, 8. Films as Art, Part Three. Philosophical Problems on Film, 9. Philosophy, 10. Popular Philosophy, 11. On Interpretation, 12. Citizen Kane and the Essence of a Person, 13. Rashomon: Is Truth Relative?, 14. Persona: The Person as a Mask, 15. Woody Allen and the Search for Moral Integrity, Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index of Subjects, Index of Names
