Philosophy and Terry Pratchett:
"Sir Terry Pratchett, who has sold more than 85 million copies of his books worldwide, is read and respected by people with a wide range of interests. This book, the first to explicitly address philosophical themes in his work, will appeal to fans of Pratchett, to philosophers interested in pop...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Sir Terry Pratchett, who has sold more than 85 million copies of his books worldwide, is read and respected by people with a wide range of interests. This book, the first to explicitly address philosophical themes in his work, will appeal to fans of Pratchett, to philosophers interested in popular culture, and to anyone interested in the relation between fiction and philosophy. Covering topics in metaphysics, logic, epistemology, ethics, and social and political philosophy, the thirteen contributors to this volume illuminate the philosophical significance of Pratchett's work in a sophisticated way, but written so that anyone who reads Pratchett will find something thought-provoking"-- |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index A Golem is not Born, but Rather Becomes, a Woman: Gender on the Disc / Jacob M. Held -- 'Nothing Like a Bit of Destiny to Get the Old Plot Rolling:' A Philosophical Reading of Wyrd Sisters / James B. South -- 'Feigning to Feign:' Pratchett and the Maskerade / Andrew Rayment -- 'Knowing things that other people don't know is a form of magic:' Lessons in Headology and Critical Thinking from The Lancre Witch / Tuomas W. Manninen -- Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy on the Discworld / Kevin Guilfoy -- Plato, the Witch and the Cave: Granny Weatherwax and the Moral Problem of Paternalism / Dietrich Schotte -- Equality and Difference: Just because the Disc is flat, doesn't make it a Level Playing Field for All / Ben Saunders -- Millennium Hand and Shrimp: On the Importance of Being in the Right Trouser Leg of Time / Susanne E. Foster -- Categorically Not Cackling: The Will, Moral Fictions and Witchcraft / Jennifer Jill Fellows -- The Care of the Reaper Man: Death, the Auditors, and the Importance of Individuality / Erica L. Neely -- 'YES, SUSAN, THERE IS A HOGFATHER:' Hogfather and the Existentialism of Søren Kierkegaard / J. Keeping -- On the Possibility of the Discworld / Martin Vacek -- Pratchett's The Last Continent and the Act of Creation / Jay Ruud |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX
PREFACE X
NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS XII
NOTE ON REFERENCES TO THE WORKS OF TERRY PRATCHETT XVI
PART I SELF-PERCEPTION, NARRATIVE, AND IDENTITY
1 A GOLEM IS NOT BORN, BUT RATHER BECOMES,
A WOMAN: GENDER ON THE DISC 3
JACOB M. HELD
2 NOTHING LIKE A BIT OF DESTINY TO GET THE OLD PLOT
ROLLING : A PHILOSOPHICAL READING OF WYRD SISTERS 25
JAMES B. SOUTH
3 FEIGNING TO FEIGN : PRATCHETT AND THE MASKERADE 45
ANDREW RAYMENT
4 KNOWING THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON T KNOW
IS A FORM OF MAGIC : LESSONS IN HEADOLOGY AND
CRITICAL THINKING FROM THE LANCRE WITCH 75
TUOMAS W. MANNINEN
PART II SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
5 CAPITALISM, SOCIALISM, AND DEMOCRACY ON THE DISCWORLD 105
KEVIN GUILFOY
6 PLATO, THE WITCH, AND THE CAVE: GRANNY WEATHERWAX
AND THE MORAL PROBLEM OF PATERNALISM 132
DIETRICH SCHOTTE
7 EQUALITY AND DIFFERENCE: JUST BECAUSE THE DISC IS
FLAT, DOESN T MAKE IT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL 157
BEN SOUNDERS
CONTENTS
PART III ETHICS AND THE GOOD LIFE
8 MILLENNIUM HAND AND SHRIMP: ON THE IMPORTANCE
OF BEING IN THE RIGHT TROUSER LEG OF TIME 179
SUSANNE E. FOSTER
9 CATEGORICALLY NOT CACKLING: THE WILL, MORAL FICTIONS,
AND WITCHCRAFT 204
JENNIFER JILL FELLOWS
10 THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN: DEATH, THE AUDITORS,
AND THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIVIDUALITY 228
ERICA L. NEELY
11 YES, SUSAN, THERE IS A HOGFATHER : HOGFATHER
AND THE EXISTENTIALISM OF SOREN KIERKEGAARD 249
/. KEEPING
PART IV LOGIC AND METAPHYSICS
12 ON THE POSSIBILITY OF THE DISCWORLD 269
MARTIN VACEK
13 PRATCHETT S THE LAST CONTINENT
AND THE ACT OF CREATION 287
JAY RUUD
INDEX 307
VIII
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