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The chronicles of Narnia and philosophy : the lion, the witch, and the worldview / edited by Gregory Bassham and Jerry L. Walls.
- Title
- The chronicles of Narnia and philosophy : the lion, the witch, and the worldview / edited by Gregory Bassham and Jerry L. Walls.
- Publication
- Chicago, Ill. : Open Court, c2005.
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- Description
- xvi, 302 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Pushing through some mothballed fur coats in a wardrobe in a disused room of an old London house, Lucy and the other Pevensie children found themselves in a strange and wonderful country, populated by creatures unknown in our world. Philosophy, too, can take us into a magical new place with its own peculiar delights and dangers. Here twenty-four philosophers and Narnia fans relate some of the things they have witnessed in the weird world of Narnia and the even weirder world of philosophy. Philosophy, it turns out, can be as addictive as the White Witch's turkish delight, though hopefully not always so frustrating. Under what conditions should we believe a story that runs counter to all our experience? Does might make right or are there objective moral rules? Would Albert Einstein have made any sense of the claim that time can flow at different rates in different worlds? If a boy is turned into a dragon, is the dragon still the same person as the boy? Can salvation be found in many religions or only in one? Do animals -- even the ones that don't talk -- have souls? These puzzles and more are bravely attacked in The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy. - Publisher.
- Series Statement
- Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 15
- Uniform Title
- Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 15.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Farewell to shadowlands : believing, doubting, and knowing -- The Tao in Narnia : morality and the good life -- Further up and further in : exploring the deeper nature of reality -- The deepest magic : religion and the transcendent.
- ISBN
- 0812695887 (trade paper : alk. paper)
- 9780812695885
- LCCN
- ^^2005015101
- 9780812695885
- OCLC
- 60557454
- SCSB-12502260
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library