Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy: Curiouser and Curiouser
The perfect companion to Lewis Carroll's classic book and director Tim Burton's March 2010 remake of Alice in Wonderland\ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has fascinated children and adults alike for generations. Why does Lewis Carroll introduce us to such oddities as blue caterpillars who smoke hookahs, cats whose grins remain after their heads have faded away, and a White Queen who lives backwards and remembers forwards? Is it all just nonsense? Was Carroll under the influence? This book...
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Should the Cheshire Cat's grin make us reconsider the nature of reality? Can Humpty Dumpty make words mean whatever he says they mean? Can drugs take us down the rabbit-hole? Is Alice a feminist icon? Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has fascinated children and adults alike for generations. Why does Lewis Carroll introduce us to such oddities as a blue caterpillar who smokes a hookah, a cat whose grin remains after its head has faded away, and a White Queen who lives backward and remembers forward? Is it all just nonsense? Was Carroll under the influence? This book probes the deeper underlying meaning in the Alice books and reveals a world rich with philosophical life lessons. Tapping into some of the greatest philosophical minds that ever lived—Aristotle, Hume, Hobbes, and Nietzsche—Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy explores life's ultimate questions through the eyes of perhaps the most endearing heroine in all of literature. To learn more about the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, visit www.andphilosophy.com
Acknowledgments: "It's My Own Invention" - Yeah, Right!Introduction You're Late for a Very Important Date 1Pt. 1 "Wake Up, Alice Dear"1 Unruly Alice: A Feminist View of Some Adventures in Wonderland Megan S. Lloyd Lloyd, Megan S. 72 Jam Yesterday, Jam Tomorrow, but Never Jam Today: On Procrastination, Hiking, and ... the Spice Girls? Mark D. White White, Mark D. 193 Nuclear Strategists in Wonderland Ron Hirschbein Hirschbein, Ron 334 "You're Nothing but a Pack of Cards!": Alice Doesn't Have a Social Contract Dennis Knepp Knepp, Dennis 47Pt. 2 "That's Logic"5 "Six Impossible Things before Breakfast" George A. Dunn Dunn, George A. Brian McDonald McDonald, Brian 616 Reasoning Down the Rabbit-Hole: Logical Lessons in Wonderland David S. Brown Brown, David S. 797 Three Ways of Getting It Wrong: Induction in Wonderland Brendan Shea Shea, Brendan 938 Is There Such a Thing as a Language? Daniel Whiting Whiting, Daniel 107Pt. 3 "We're All Mad Here"9 Alice, Perception, and Reality: Jell-O Mistaken for Stones Robert Arp Arp, Robert 12510 How Deep Does the Rabbit-Hole Go?: Drugs and Dreams, Perception and Reality Scott R. Parker Parker, Scott R. 13711 Perspectivism and Tragedy: A Nietzschean Interpretation of Alice's Adventure Rick Mayock Mayock, Rick 15312 Wishing It Were Some Other Time: The Temporal Passage of Alice Mark W. Westmoreland Westmoreland, Mark W. 167Pt. 4 "Who in the World Am I?"13 Serious Nonsense Charles Taliaferro Taliaferro, Charles Elizabeth Olson Olson, Elizabeth 18314 "Memory and Muchness": Alice and the Philosophy of Memory Tyler Shores Shores, Tyler 197Contributors:Pawns and Pieces: As Arranged before Commencement of Game 213Index: "Down, Down, Down": What You Will Find at the Bottom 219
