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Philosophy, Myth and Epic Cinema : Beyond Mere Illusions
(Rowman & Littlefield International, 2015)
Philosophy, Myth and Epic Cinema looks at the power of cinema in creating ideas that inspire our culture. Sylvie Magerstädt discusses the relationship between art, illusion and reality, a theme that has been part of ...
Body, Soul and Cyberspace in Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema : Virtual Worlds and Ethical Problems
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2014-09)
Body, Soul and Cyberspace explores how recent science-fiction cinema addresses questions about the connections between body and soul, virtuality, and the ways in which we engage with spirituality in the digital age. The ...
Information, possible worlds and the cooptation of scepticism
(2010)
The article investigates the sceptical challenge from an information-theoretic perspective. Its main goal is to articulate and defend the view that either informational scepticism is radical, but then it is epistemologically ...
Learning the business of banking : the management of the Bank of England's first tellers
(2010)
This article focuses on what appears from the surviving records to have been the most troublesome of the new Bank of England's functions: the telling of money. The Bank's tellers had a complex job and the mistakes they ...
Someone Else's Shoes
(Nick Hern Books, 2007-03-08)
A sharp and witty satire on the commodification of art and life. An artist sells her work, but believes she still owns it. An advertising genius hunts for the next 'big idea'. A thief steals shoes and calls it activism... ...