Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy Curiouser and Curiouser

Name: Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy Curiouser and Curiouser
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ISBN: 9780470558362

ISBN-10: 0470558369

ISBN-13: 9780470558362

Edition: 2010

Authors: William Irwin, Richard Brian Davis

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is more commonly known by its abbreviated name Alice in Wonderland. This classic novel was written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll in 1865 and tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit-hole and stumbles upon a fantasy world filled with anthropomorphic animals. At first glance the plot and dialog in the novel seems like nonsense, but are actually filled with inner-meaning, logic, and truisms. This is a richly philosophic tale that analyzes being and non-being, nonsense and language games, perception and reality, and even drug culture. This is the first book to delve into Alice's wonderland and analyze the…

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List price: $11.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 1/15/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Acknowledgments: "It's My Own Invention"-Yeah, Right!


Introduction: You're Late for a Very Important Date



"Wake Up, Alice Dear"



Unruly Alice: A Feminist View of Some Adventures in Wonderland




Jam Yesterday, Jam Tomorrow, but Never Jam Today: On Procrastination, Hiking, and ï¿½ the Spice Girls?




Nuclear Strategists in Wonderland




"You're Nothing but a Pack of Cards!": Alice Doesn't Have a Social Contract




"That's Logic"



"Six Impossible Things before Breakfast"




Reasoning Down the Rabbit-Hole: Logical Lessons in Wonderland




Three Ways of Getting It Wrong: Induction Wonderland




Is There Such a Thing as a Language?




"We're All Mad Here"



Alice, Perception, and Reality: Jell-O Mistaken for Stones




How Deep Does the Rabbit-Hole Go?: Drugs and Dreams, Perception and Reality




Perspectivism and Tragedy: A Nietzschean Interpretation of Alice's Adventure




Wishing It Were Some Other Time: The Temporal Passage of Alice




"Who in The World Am I?"



Serious Nonsense




"Memory and Muchness": Alice and the Philosophy of Memory



Contributors: Pawns and Pieces: As Arranged before Commencement of Game


Index: "Down, Down, Down": What You Will Find at the Bottom