The Twilight Zone and Philosophy: A Dangerous Dimension to Visit (Popular Culture and Philosophy (121))

In The Twilight Zone and Philosophy , philosophers probe into the meaning of the classic TV series, The Twilight Zone . Some of the chapters look at single episodes of the show, while others analyze several or many episodes. Though acknowledging the spinoffs and reboots, the volume concentrates heavily on the classic 1959-1964 series. Among the questions raised and answered are: ● What's the meaning of personal identity in The Twilight Zone ? ("Number 12 Looks Just Like You," "Person or Persons Unknown"). ● As the distinction between person and machine becomes less clear, how do we handle our intimacy with machines? (A question posed in the very first episode of The Twilight Zone , "The Lonely"). ● Why do our beliefs always become uncertain in The Twilight Zone ? ("Where Is Everybody?") ● Just where is the Twilight Zone? (Sometimes it's a supernatural realm but sometimes it's the everyday world of reality.) ● What does the background music of The Twilight Zone teach us about dreams and imagination? ● Is it better to lose the war than to be damned? ("Still Valley") ● How far should we trust those benevolent aliens? ("To Serve Man") ● Where's the harm in media addiction? ("Time Enough at Last") ● Is there something objective about beauty? ("The Eye of the Beholder") ● Have we already been conquered? ("The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street") ● Are there hidden costs to knowing more about other people? ("A Penny for Your Thoughts") In__The Twilight Zone and Philosophy__, philosophers probe into the meaning of the classic TV series,__The Twilight Zone__. Some of the chapters look at single episodes of the show, while others analyze several or many episodes. Though acknowledging the spinoffs and reboots, the volume concentrates heavily on the classic 1959-1964 series.Among the questions raised and answered are:● What's the meaning of personal identity in__The Twilight Zone__? ("Number 12 Looks Just Like You," "Person or Persons Unknown").● As the distinction between person and machine becomes less clear, how do we handle our intimacy with machines? (A question posed in the very first episode of__The Twilight Zone__, "The Lonely").● Why do our beliefs always become uncertain in__The Twilight Zone__? ("Where Is Everybody?")● Just where is the Twilight Zone? (Sometimes it's a supernatural realm but sometimes it's the everyday world of reality.)● What does the background music of__The Twilight Zone__teach us about dreams and imagination?● Is it better to lose the war than to be damned? ("Still Valley")● How far should we trust those benevolent aliens? ("To Serve Man")● Where's the harm in media addiction? ("Time Enough at Last")● Is there something objective about beauty? ("The Eye of the Beholder")● Have we already been conquered? ("The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street")● Are there hidden costs to knowing more about other people? ("A Penny for Your Thoughts") Twilight Zone And Philosophy Attempts To Bring The Insights And Paradoxes Of Rod Serling's Project To Contemporary Audiences Through A Variety Of Philosophical Perspectives--publisher. Lost In Time / Elizabeth Rard -- Where Is The Twilight Zone? / Frank Scalambrino -- The Short-sightedness Of Henry Bemis / Alan Pichanick -- Faces From Another Dimension / Alexander E. Hooke -- True Love Or Artificial Love? / Charles Klayman -- In A Mirror Is Our Image / John V. Karavitis -- Loss Of Memory, Loss Of Me? / Chris Lay -- What Are You Hearing? / Reba A. Wissner -- Machines Who Care / Dennis M. Weiss -- Memories Are Made Of This / Clara Nisley -- The Truth About Lying / Don Fallis -- The Twilight Zone On Our Doorstep / Tim Jones -- No Place Like A Non-place / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Juan Ignacio Juvé, And Emiliano Aguilar -- The Science Of Alternate Realities / David Morgan -- The Twists And Turns Of Second Chances / John V. Karavitis -- The Pleasures Of The Twist / Stephen Scales -- A Shadowland Called The Twilight Zone / Trip Mccrossin -- War Means Fighting And Fighting Includes Philosophizing / Robert S. Vuckovich -- Looking Like Number 12 / Larry Alan Busk -- The Totalitarian Zone -- John Altmann -- That Unnamed Zone We Call Freedom / Alexander E. Hooke. Edited By Heather L. Rivera And Alexander E. Hooke. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 233-235) And Index. Fearless thinkers enter the nightmare worlds of The Twilight Zone in search of powerful insights about humanity and the universe.