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    <title>Classic questions and contemporary film</title>
    <subTitle>: an introduction to philosophy</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Dean A Kowalski</namePart>
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    <publisher>John wiley and Sons Inc</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2016</dateIssued>
    <edition>2</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
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    <extent>xii,329 p. PB 24x18 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>Featuring significant revisions and updates, Classic Questions and Contemporary Film: An Introduction to Philosophy, 2nd Edition uses popular movies as a highly accessible framework for introducing key philosophical concepts

Explores 28 films with 18 new to this edition, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Hotel Rwanda, V for Vendetta, and Memento
Discusses numerous philosophical issues not covered in the first edition, including a new chapter covering issues of personal identity, the meaningfulness of life and death, and existentialism
Offers a rich pedagogical framework comprised of key classic readings, chapter learning outcomes, jargon-free argument analysis, critical thinking and trivia questions, a glossary of terms, and textboxes with notes on the movies discussed
Revised to be even more accessible to beginning philosophers</abstract>
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    <topic>Philosophy</topic>
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  <classification authority="ddc" edition="23">100 KOWC</classification>
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