Philosophy and the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

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Philosophy and the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

edited byNicholas Joll

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Introduction Nicholas Joll

pp.1-24

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-39265-6_1

"Eat me"

vegetarianism and consenting animals

Ben Saunders Eloïse Harding

pp.27-49

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Mostly harmless?

Hitchhiker's and the ethics of entertainment

Nicholas Joll

pp.50-72

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Life, the universe, and absurdity Amy Kind

pp.75-100

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The wowbagger case

immortality and what makes life meaningful

Timothy Chappell

pp.101-126

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"I think you ought to know i"m feeling very depressed"

marvin and artificial intelligence

Jerry Goodenough

pp.129-152

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From deep thought to digital metaphysics Barry Dainton

pp.153-181

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"God … promptly vanishes in a puff of logic" Michèle Friend

pp.185-212

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The judo principle, philosophical method and the logic of jokes Andrew Aberdein

pp.213-235

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The funniest of all improbable worlds

Hitchhiker's as philosophical satire

Alexander Pawlak Nicholas Joll

pp.236-268

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-39265-6_10

Publication details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Basingstoke

Year: 2012

Pages: 308

ISBN (hardback): 978-0-230-29112-6

ISBN (digital): 978-0-230-39265-6

Full citation:

Joll Nicholas (2012) Philosophy and the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.