D. E. Wittkower
Autor/a de Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits?
Sobre l'autor
D. E. Wittkower, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and works primarily in philosophy of technology and the philosophy of everyday life and popular culture. He is editor of Facebook and Philosophy, Philip K. Dick and Philosophy, Mr. Monk and mostra'n més Philosophy, and iPod and Philosophy; has written articles for Slate and Speakeasy, as well as numerous journal articles and book chapters; and has recorded a dozen audiobooks with Librivox.org. mostra'n menys
Obres de D. E. Wittkower
Ender's Game and Philosophy: Genocide Is Child's Play (Popular Culture and Philosophy) (2013) 22 exemplars
Mr. Monk and Philosophy: The Curious Case of the Defective Detective (Popular Culture and Philosophy) (2010) 18 exemplars
Introduction to the Philosophy of History 1 exemplars
Studies in Pessimism (LibriVox Audiobook) 1 exemplars
The Enchiridion (LibriVox Audiobook) 1 exemplars
The Moral Equivalent of War (LibriVox Audiobook) 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Wittkower, Dylan Eric
- Data de naixement
- 1977-04-04
- Gènere
- male
- Educació
- Vanderbilt University (MA, PhD)
University of Redlands (BA) - Professions
- associate professor (Philosophy and Religious Studies)
- Organitzacions
- Old Dominion University
Membres
Ressenyes
Potser també t'agrada
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 15
- Membres
- 204
- Popularitat
- #108,207
- Valoració
- 3.5
- Ressenyes
- 7
- ISBN
- 13
BUT it was fun in that it provided structure for having a number of discussion around some of Dick's big ideas with my dad. We are both lifelong fans (my dad used to include VALIS quotes I the letters he wrote to me at college) though casually — there are a tone of his books I still have not read — a lot of the movies and books it had been so long since either of us had seen/read them that it made it hard to really engage with some of the finer details of these essays.
I will say my favorite essay of the bunch was "Matt Damon is a Vast Sinister Conspiracy" — which had a lot to say about pop culture and celebrity and parasocial relationships in a relatively short essay.… (més)