This is the 'philosophy and. ' book that really needed to be written - because it is about .The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. For (to paraphrase the great man himself) .Hitchhiker's. is not above a little philosophy in the same way that the sea is not above the sky. Moreover: this edited collection combines accessibility - and some humour - with rigour. It contains an introduction, nine chapters, a glossary, and multiple indexes. Topics covered include the meaning of life (and '42'), vegetarianism, the ethics of entertainment, artificial intelligence, multiple worlds, God, and philosophical method. INDICE: Preface.Acknowledgements ('thanks for all the fish').Introduction Nicholas Joll.Notes on Contributors.PART I: ETHICS.'Eat Me': Vegetarianism andConsenting Animals;. B.Saunders. & .E.Harding.Mostly Harmless? .Hitchhiker's.and the Ethics of Entertainment; .N.Joll.PART II: THE MEANING OF LIFE.Life, the Universe, and Absurdity; .A.Kind.The Wowbagger Case: Immortality and What Makes Life Meaningful; .T.Chappell.PART III: METAPHYSICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.'I Think You Ought To Know I'm Feeling Very Depressed': Marvin and Artificial Intelligence; .J.Goodenough.From Deep Thought to Digital Metaphysics; .B.Dainton.PART IV: LOGIC, METHOD, AND SATIRE.'God . Promptly Vanishes in a Puffof Logic'; .M.Friend.The Judo Principle, Philosophical Method, and the Logic of Jokes; .A.Aberdein.The Funniest of All Improbable Worlds - .Hitchhiker's. as Philosophical Satire; .A.Pawlak. & .N.Joll.Glossary.Bibliography (of Adams, Philosophy, and Everything).Index.
- ISBN: 978-0-230-29112-6
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 27/06/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido