Is Harpo Free?: And Other Questions of the Metaphysical Screen

by Matthew Cipa

Book Overview

Is Harpo Free? is a lively appreciation of film and television's ability to artistically explore concepts typical of philosophical metaphysics, such as free will, causality, and personal identity. Rather than using films and television programs as vehicles for philosophical arguments, the book instead celebrates the artistic ways in which they give life to various metaphysical concepts and how the artistic expression of these concepts and ideas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438497342
• ISBN13: 9781438497341
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"