The Philosopher At The End Of The Universe by Mark Rowlands - ISBN: 9780091903886
Paperback
Sci-fi meets philosophy: Explore life’s big questions through blockbuster movies.

The Philosopher At The End Of The Universe

Philosophy Explained Through Science Fiction Films

  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    1 September 2005

Summary

‘New edition packed with good old-fashioned, high-octane, high body-count, alien ass-kicking, robot-wrecking philosophy!’

‘It’s Schopenhauer and the will. It’s Plato, it’s Hume, Baudrillard and the concept of the Nietzschean superman!’ - Keanu Reeves on The Matrix

The Philosopher at the End of the Universe allows anyone to understand basic philosophical concepts from the comfort of their armchair, through the plots and characters of spectacular blockbusting science-fi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780091903886
ISBN-10:0091903882
Author:Mark Rowlands
Publisher:Ebury Publishing
Imprint:Ebury Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:1 September 2005
Weight:218g
Dimensions:198mm x 126mm x 19mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Excellent - not only is each chapter a model of philosophical exposition, conveying philosophical ideas with exemplary verve and clarity, the book also manages to connect the philosophy to the movies in a natural and convincing way- serves to inject a degree of passion into the bloodless halls of philosophy’ * TLS *Hugely entertaining … Rowlands knows his stuff and marries some of the tougher philosophical arguments to the more accessible conduit of popular entertainment- enjoyable and illuminating * Waterstone’s Books Quarterly *

About The Author

Mark Rowlands

Mark Rowlands is Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire. After a Bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering, Mark switched to Philosophy and went up to Oxford in 1986 to study for a D.Phil. A succession of publications and academic posts followed in the US, Ireland and Exeter, where Mark also used whatever spare time he could find to surf. His ambition remains to kill himself doing Philosophy, but hopefully not in the near future. He has written a number of other successful books, including Everything I Know I Learned From TV for Ebury. He has also appeared on television and radio.

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