Philosophy in The twilight zone

Utilizing a series of essays examining the broad philosophical concepts embedded in Rod Serling's series, The Twilight Zone, Philosophy in The Twilight Zone provides a platform for further philosophical discussion.:.; Features essays by eminent contemporary philosophers concerning the over-arching themes in The Twilight Zone, as well as in-depth discussions of particular episodes.; Fuses popular cult entertainment with classical philosophical perspectives.; Acts as a guide to unearthing larger questions - from human nature to the nature of reality and beyond - posed in the series.; Includes s.

Cover -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Lester H. Hunt -- 1 -- 8220;And Now, Rod Serling, Creator of The Twilight Zone 8221; -- The Author as Auteur -- Lester H. Hunt -- 2 -- Tales of Dread in The Twilight Zone -- A Contribution to Narratology -- No235;l Carroll -- 3 -- Frame Shifters -- Surprise Endings and Spectator Imagination in The Twilight Zone -- Carl Plantinga -- 4 -- The Treachery of the Commonplace -- Mary Sirridge -- 5 -- Where is the Twilight Zone? -- Richard Hanley -- 6 -- Existentialism and Searching for an Exit -- Susan L. Feagin -- 7 -- Through the Twilight Zone of Nonbeing -- Two Exemplars of Race in Serling s Classic Series -- Lewis R. Gordon -- 8 -- Blending Fiction and Reality -- 8220;The Odyssey of Flight 33 8221; -- Thomas E. Wartenberg -- 9 -- Epistemology at 20,000 Feet -- Sheila Lintott -- 10 -- Rationality and Choice in 8220;Nick of Time 8221; -- Aeon J. Skoble -- 11 -- 8220;The Little People 8221; -- Power and the Worshipable -- Aaron Smuts -- 12 -- Nothing in the Dark -- Deprivation, Death, and the Good Life -- James S. Taylor -- Index.