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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4572
EAN: 9781405163156
ISBN: 1405163151
Label: Wiley-Blackwell
Manufacturer: Wiley-Blackwell
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: November 27, 2007
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Sales Rank: 74902
Studio: Wiley-Blackwell
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Sometimes it feels like you need a Ph.D. to follow the show. But you don't. You just need this book in which twenty-one philosophers explore the deep questions we all face as survivors on this planet: Does "everything happen for a reason"? Is torture ever justified? Who are the Others? How do we know we're not patients in Hurley's psych ward? What if the Dharma Intitiative is experimenting on us? Desmond may not be able to save Charlie, but this book could save you.
* A provocative study of the hit television show, Lost, currently in its third season and set to reach its climax in 2010
* Highlights the sense in which Lost is a genuinely philosophical show
* Helps fans understand and navigate some of Lost's deeper meanings
* Connects episodes and events in the show to core philosophical issues such as truth, identity, and morality
* Shows that it's no accident that there are Lost characters names Locke, Rousseau, and Hume
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This book is not for the average Lost Fan. It is more geared to the philosophy major. It goes into to much depth about was this one right or wrong about their decision and why they were right or wrong. Not at all what I was looking for.
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This really goes too deep even for the most fervent LOST fan.
More for a Philosophy than a fan of the show.
Rating:  -
This book was given to me as a gift and although I have never watched one episode of 'Lost', I loved this book! Each of the 22 essays revealed questions and concerns that people face everyday. Even though the book does focus on the television show and its characters, it is also relevant to you, the reader. I found this book to be not only full of deep and interesting questions, but also fun and easy to understand. I would definately recommend this book to any 'Lost' fans out there as well as ... Read More
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This is a good read.
The book is a collection of twenty-one essays. Some of them are very good, some of them are good. But all of them are challenging and exciting. I have my personal favorites: "Should We Condemn Michael for Saving Walt?", "The Island as a Test of Free-Will", "Lost's State of Nature", "Lost Theories and Coincidence"... But I suppose every Lost viewer will find several papers to like in this collection.
You do not need an academic training of any sort ... Read More
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I'm well educated and have studied philosophy superficially, but this was over my head. This is not a book even an avid Lost fan would be drawn into. Great for a study of philosophy.
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