Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy Raiding the Temple of Wisdom

by Cogburn, Jon; Silcox, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780812697964
• ISBN10: 0812697960
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-09-11
• Publisher: Open Court

Summary

Every day, in a quest for a truer reality, myriads of groups of the brightest and most creative minds gather around tabletops the world over, equipped with miniature figures, many-sided dice, maps, and rule books.

Author Biography

Jon Cogburn is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Louisiana State University and co-author of Philosophy through Video Games (2009) Mark Silcox is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Central Oklahoma and co-author of Philosophy through Video Games (2009)

Table of Contents

Rolling a Wisdom Check	p. vii
Heroic Tier
The Ethical Dungeon-Crawler	p. 1
Aristotle's Dungeon	p. 3
Does Dungeons and Dragons Refute Aristotle?	p. 17
Beyond Chaotic Good and Lawful Evil?	p. 29
Chaotic Good in the Balance	p. 49
Elegy for a Paladin	p. 55
Being Evil	p. 65
It's Okay to Be Evil in Your Head	p. 75
Elf Stereotypes	p. 91
Dude, Where Are the Girls?	p. 107
Paragon Tier
Planes of Existence	p. 119
The Laboratory of the Dungeon	p. 121
Expressing the Inexpressible	p. 133
The Worlds of Dungeons and Dragons	p. 151
A Role of the Dice	p. 165
The Secret Lives of Elven Paladins	p. 179
Epic Tier
Leveling Up	p. 193
What Dungeons and Dragons Is and Why We Do It	p. 195
Why Dungeons and Dragons Is Art	p. 207
The Rules of Imagination	p. 225
You Got Your Gameplay in My Role-Play!	p. 239
Justice Is Not Blind, Deaf, or Willing to Share Its Nachos	p. 255
The Gunpowder Crisis	p. 265
To Know My Character Better than He Knows Himself	p. 279
Player Characters	p. 293
References	p. 299
Index	p. 311
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