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Doctor Strange and Philosophy


Doctor Strange and Philosophy

The Other Book of Forbidden Knowledge
The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series 1. Aufl.

von: William Irwin, Mark D. White

11,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 04.05.2018
ISBN/EAN: 9781119437925
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 288

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<p><b>Explore the mind and world of the brilliant neurosurgeon-turned-Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Stephen Strange</b></p> <p>Marvel Comics legends Stan Lee and Steve Ditko first introduced Doctor Stephen Strange to the world in 1963—and his spellbinding adventures have wowed comic book fans ever since. Over fifty years later, the brilliant neurosurgeon-turned-Sorcerer Supreme has finally travelled from the pages of comics to the big screen, introducing a new generation of fans to his mind-bending mysticism and self-sacrificing heroics. In <i>Doctor Strange and Philosophy</i>, Mark D. White takes readers on a tour through some of the most interesting and unusual philosophical questions which surround Stephen Strange and his place in the Marvel Universe.</p> <p>Essays from two-dozen Philosophers Supreme illuminate how essential philosophical concepts, including existentialism, epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, relate to the world of Doctor Strange. Fans will find answers to all their Strange questions: How does Doctor Strange reconcile his beliefs in science and magic? What does his astral self say about the relationship between mind and body? Why is he always so alone? And what does he mean when he says we’re just “tiny momentary specks within an indifferent universe”—and why was he wrong?</p> <p>You won’t need the Eye of Agamotto to comprehend all that is wise within. <i>Doctor Strange and Philosophy</i> offers comic book fans and philosophers alike the chance to dive deeper into the world of one of Marvel’s most mystical superheroes.</p>
<p>Contributors: The Philosophers Supreme viii</p> <p>Acknowledgments: By the Glorious Grandiloquence of Gratitude! Xiv</p> <p>Introduction: Opening the Book of the Vishanti 1</p> <p><b>Part I “You’re Just Another Tiny, Momentary Speck within an Indifferent Universe” 3</b></p> <p>1 Bargaining with Eternity and Numbering One’s Days: Medicine, Nietzsche, and Doctor Strange 5<br /> <i>George A. Dunn</i></p> <p>2 Death Gives Meaning to Life: Martin Heidegger Meets Stephen Strange 17<br /> <i>Sander H. Lee</i></p> <p>3 “Time Will Tell How Much I Love You”: A Nietzschean <i>Übermensch’s </i>Issues with Love and Friendship 25<i><br /> Skye C. Cleary</i></p> <p>4 Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Meaning of Life for Doctor Strange 35<br /> <i>Paul DiGeorgio</i></p> <p><b>Part II “Forget Everything That You Think You Know” 47</b></p> <p>5 “Through an Orb Darkly”: Doctor Strange and the Journey to Knowledge 49<br /> <i>Armond Boudreaux</i></p> <p>6 Forbidden Knowledge and Strange Virtues: It’s Not What You Know, It’s How You Know It 60<br /> <i>Tuomas W. Manninen</i></p> <p>7 Doctor Strange, Socratic Hero? 68<br /> <i>Chad William Timm</i></p> <p>8 Are We All “Looking at the World Through a Keyhole”?: Knowledge, Ignorance, and Bias 78<br /> <i>Carina Pape</i></p> <p>9 Stephen Strange vs. Ayn Rand: A Doesn’t Always Equal A 88<br /> <i>Edwardo Pérez</i></p> <p><b>Part III “Reality Is One of Many” 99</b></p> <p>10 Astral Bodies and Cartesian Souls: Mind‐Body Dualism in <i>Doctor Strange</i> 101<br /> <i>Dean A. Kowalski</i></p> <p>11 Scientists, Metaphysicians, and Sorcerers Supreme 111<br /> <i>Sarah K. Donovan and Nicholas Richardson</i></p> <p>12 “This Is Time”: Setting Time in <i>Doctor Strange</i> by Henri Bergson’s Clock 125<br /> <i>Corey Latta</i></p> <p><b>Part IV “A Man Looking at the World Through a Keyhole” 137</b></p> <p>13 A Strange Case of a Paradigm Shift 139<br /> <i>Brendan Shea</i></p> <p>14 Doctor Strange, the Multiverse, and the Measurement Problem 151<br /> <i>Philipp Berghofer</i></p> <p>15 The Strange World of Paradox: Science and Belief in Kamar‐Taj 164<br /> <i>Matthew William Brake</i></p> <p><b>Part V “It’s Not About You” 175</b></p> <p>16 The Otherworldly Burden of Being <i>the</i> Sorcerer Supreme 177<br /> <i>Mark D. White</i></p> <p>17 The Ancient One and the Problem of Dirty Hands 191<br /> <i>Michael Lyons</i></p> <p>18 They Also Serve Who Only Stand and Wong 197<br /> <i>Daniel P. Malloy</i></p> <p>19 Doctor Strange, Master of the Medical and Martial Arts 207<b><br /> </b><i>Bruce Wright and E. Paul Zehr</i></p> <p><b>Part VI “I’ve Come to Bargain” 217</b></p> <p>20 Is Dormammu Evil?: St. Augustine and the Dark Dimension 219<br /> <i>Andrew T. Vink</i></p> <p>21 Doctor Strange and Leo Tolstoy: Brothers in Nonviolence? 228<br /> <i>Konstantin Pavliouts</i></p> <p>22 Doctor Strange, Moral Responsibility, and the God Question 238<b><br /> </b><i>Christopher P. Klofft</i></p> <p>The Index of the All-Seeing Eye of Agamotto 250</p>
<p><b>Mark D. White</b> is the chair of the Department of Philosophy at the College of Staten Island/CUNY, where he teaches courses in philosophy, economics, and law. He is editor or co-editor of eight books in the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, including <i>Batman and Philosophy</i> (Wiley Blackwell, 2008, with Robert Arp), and is the author of <i>The Virtues of Captain America</i> (Wiley Blackwell, 2014). He has also written, edited, and co-edited a number of academic books in philosophy, economics, and law, and has authored over 60 articles and book chapters in these areas. He can be found on Twitter as @profmdwhite.</p>
<p>Marvel Comics legends Stan Lee and Steve Ditko first introduced Doctor Stephen Strange to the world in 1963—and his spellbinding adventures have wowed comic book fans ever since. Over fifty years later, the brilliant neurosurgeon-turned-Sorcerer Supreme has finally travelled from the pages of comics to the big screen, introducing a new generation of fans to his mind-bending mysticism and self-sacrificing heroics. In <i>Doctor Strange and Philosophy</i>, Mark D. White takes readers on a tour through some of the most interesting and unusual philosophical questions which surround Stephen Strange and his place in the Marvel Universe.</p> <p>Essays from two-dozen Philosophers Supreme illuminate how essential philosophical concepts, including existentialism, epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, relate to the world of Doctor Strange. Fans will find answers to all their Strange questions: How does Doctor Strange reconcile his beliefs in science and magic? What does his astral self say about the relationship between mind and body? Why is he always so alone? And what does he mean when he says we’re just “tiny momentary specks within an indifferent universe”—and why was he wrong?</p> <p>You won’t need the Eye of Agamotto to comprehend all that is wise within. <i>Doctor Strange and Philosophy</i> offers comic book fans and philosophers alike the chance to dive deeper into the world of one of Marvel’s most mystical superheroes.</p>

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