Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy: Raiding the Temple of Wisdom
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy: Raiding the Temple of Wisdom
By (Author) Jon Cogburn
Edited by Mark Silcox
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
23rd October 2012
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
794.8
Physical Properties
Paperback
288
Width 152mm, Height 228mm
439g
Description
Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy presents twenty-one chapters by different writers, all D&D aficionados but with starkly different insights and points of view. The book is divided into three parts. The first, "Heroic Tier: The Ethical Dungeon-Crawler," explores what D&D has to teach us about ethics. Part II, "Paragon Tier: Planes of Existence," arouses a new sense of wonder about both the real world and the collaborative world game players create. The third part, "Epic Tier: Leveling Up," is at the crossroads of philosophy and the exciting new field of Game Studies.
Author Bio
Jon Cogburn is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Louisiana State University. He served as a founding member of Louisiana State University's AVATAR (Arts, Visualization, Advanced Technologies and Research) initiative. He is co-author of Philosophy Through Video Games (2008). Mark Silcox is Associate Professor of Humanities and Philosophy at the University of Central Oklahoma. He has worked as a freelance writer and designer in the video game industry. He is co-author of Philosophy Through Video Games (2008).
