Indiana Jones and Philosophy

DEAN A. KOWALSKI is the Chair of the Arts and Humanities department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the author of three academic books that explore connections between popular culture and philosophy and the editor of The Big Bang Theory and Philosophy and three other books on popular culture and philosophy.

Contributors: We Have Top Men [and Women] Working on It ix Acknowledgments: We Can Discuss My Honorarium over Dinner and Champagne TonightYour Treat xv Introduction: Indiana JonesI Always Knew Some Day Youd Come Walking Back through My Door. I Never Doubted That 1 Part I It Was Wrong and You Knew It!: Ethics and Values 3 1 Acting Without Thinking: The Sagacity of Indiana Jones 5 Justin Kitchen 2 Does It Always Belong in a Museum? 16 Edwardo Prez 3 The Virtues that Made the Man, and the Man Who Became the Legend: The Adventures in Philosophy of Young Indiana Jones 24 Robert M. Mentyka 4 Raiders of the Lost Kant: Indy Meets the Categorical Imperative 33 Mia Wood 5 Feminism and Indiana Jones: A Field Guide 4 Kate C.S. Schmidt Part II But Choose Wisely: Existentialism and Authenticity 53 6 The Absurd Hero: Indiana Jones, God, and Sisyphus 55 Justin Fetterman 7 Indiana Jones and Existential Self-Affirmation 65 Daniel Tilsley 8 Nietzschean Themes in Raiders of the Lost Ark: God May Be Dead, But Best Not Disturb His Corpse 74 Duncan Gale Homeward Bound with Indiana Jones 84 Charles Taliaferro and Annalissa Lane Part III Knowledge Was Their Treasure: Truth and Evidence 95 10 Fact, Truth, and Evidence: A Lesson from Dr. Tyree 97 Dean A. Kowalski 11 Indiana Jones and the Quest for Agnosticism: What if All Stories Are True? 108 Robert Grant Price 12 The Shadow Realities of Indiana Jones 118 Matthew Crippen and Matthew Dixon 13 Pride and Prudence in the Pursuit of Knowledge: Indiana Jones, Ren Belloq, and Irina Spalko 127 Alexander Hooke and Dean A. Kowalski Part IV You Will Become a True Believer: Religion and Theology 137 14 Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Numinous Presence of God 139 Matthew Brake 15 Indiana Jones and the Leap of Faith 148 Tait Szabo 16 Sacred Objects and Cosmic Justice in Indiana Jones 158 Christopher Helali Part V You Call This Archaeology?: Archaeology and Politics 167 17 On My Colleague Dr. Jones and his Publications 169 Aren M. Maeir 18 Sharing Your Adventures Has Been an Interesting Experience: Indiana Jones and Professional Archaeology 178 Louise A. Hitchcock 19 Meddling with (Almost) Incomprehensible Powers 188 Robert Seddon Part VI If Its Truth Youre Interested in : More from Dr. Tyrees Classroom 199 20 Timeless Artifacts and Aging Humans: Indiana Jones and the Philosophy of Time 201 Siobhan Lyons 21 Listening to the Music of Indiana Jones: John Williams and Aesthetic Appreciation 211 Lance Belluomini 22 Germany Has Declared War on the Jones Boys!: Asymmetric Strategy and Honor among Raiders 220 Nikolaj Krslund Andersen 23 Indiana Jones in India, India in Indiana Jones 231 Pankaj Singh and Dean A. Kowalski 24 Some of the Passageways in Here Can Run for Miles: An Aristotelian Exploration of Fact and Truth in The Last Crusade 242 Timothy Brown Index: If I Walk It through Mayan First 251