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02571aam a2200313 a 4500 001 A7C28B763DE011E299E05AAC6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20121204010235 008 120315s2012 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2012008997 020 $a 0230291120 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780230291126 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)764357778 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d YNK $d UNITY $d BWX $d CDX $d MUU $d SILO 050 00 $a PR6051.D3352 $b Z84 2012 082 00 $a 823/.914 $2 23 245 0 $a Philosophy and The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy / $c edited by Nicholas Joll. 260 $a Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2012. 300 $a xvi, 308 p. ; $c 20 cm. 520 $a "This is the "philosophy and. ." book that really needed to be written - because it is aboutThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. For (to paraphrase the great man himself) Hitchhiker's is not above a little philosophy in the same way that the sea is not above the sky. Moreover: this edited collection combines accessibility - and some humor - with rigor. It contains an introduction, nine chapters, a glossary, and multiple indexes. Topics covered include the meaning of life (and "42"), vegetarianism, the ethics of entertainment, artificial intelligence, multiple worlds, God, and philosophical method."--Publisher's website. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 505 0 $a PART I: Ethics. 'Eat Me': Vegetarianism and Consenting Animals / B.Saunders & E.Harding ; Mostly Harmless? Hitchhiker's and the Ethics of Entertainment / N.Joll. -- PART II: The meaning of life. Life, the Universe, and Absurdity / A.Kind ; The Wowbagger Case: Immortality and What Makes Life Meaningful / T.Chappell. -- PART III: Metaphysics and artificial intelligence. 'I Think You Ought To Know I'm Feeling Very Depressed': Marvin and Artificial Intelligence / J.Goodenough ; From Deep Thought to Digital Metaphysics / B.Dainton. -- PART IV: Logic, method, and satire. 'God . . Promptly Vanishes in a Puff of Logic' / M.Friend ; The Judo Principle, Philosophical Method, and the Logic of Jokes / A.Aberdein ; The Funniest of All Improbable Worlds - Hitchhiker's as Philosophical Satire / A.Pawlak & N.Joll. 600 10 $a Adams, Douglas, $d 1952-2001. $t Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy 650 0 $a Philosophy in literature. 700 1 $a Joll, Nicholas. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180116064634.0 952 $l URAX314 $d 20170609040248.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A7C28B763DE011E299E05AAC6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search