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The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
Series editor: William Irwin
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 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.
Selected titles in the series:
Alien and Philosophy: I Infest, Therefore I Am Edited by Jeffery A. Ewing and Kevin S. Decker
Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul Edited by Mark D. White and Robert Arp
Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Begins Out There Edited by Jason T. Eberl
BioShock and Philosophy: Irrational Game, Rational Book Edited by Luke Cuddy
Black Mirror and Philosophy Edited by David Kyle Johnson
Disney and Philosophy: Truth, Trust, and a Little Bit of Pixie Dust Edited by Richard B. Davis
Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy: Read and Gain Advantage on All Wisdom Checks Edited by Christopher Robichaud
Ender’s Game and Philosophy: The Logic Gate is Down Edited by Kevin S. Decker
The Good Place and Philosophy: Everything is Forking Fine! Edited by Kimberly S. Engels
LEGO and Philosophy: Constructing Reality Brick By Brick Edited by Roy T. Cook and Sondra Bacharach
Metallica and Philosophy: A Crash Course in Brain Surgery Edited by William Irwin
The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy: Respect My Philosophah! Edited by Robert Arp and Kevin S. Decker
The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy: The Search for Socrates Edited by Jason T. Eberl and Kevin S. Decker
The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy: You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned Edited by Jason T. Eberl and Kevin S. Decker
Terminator and Philosophy: I’ll Be Back, Therefore I Am Edited by Richard Brown and Kevin S. Decker
Westworld and Philosophy: If You Go Looking for the Truth, Get the Whole Thing Edited by James B. South and Kimberly S. Engels
Forthcoming:
Dune and Philosophy Edited by Kevin S. Decker
Star Wars and Philosophy Strikes Back Edited by Jason T. Eberl and Kevin S. Decker
For the full list of titles in the series see https://andphilosophy.com/
THE EXPANSE AND PHILOSOPHY
SO FAR OUT INTO THE DARKNESS
Edited by
Jeffery L. Nicholas
This edition first published 2022
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