Abstract
Because ofthe book’s complexity, range, and ambition, setting out as it does to establish cinema as a new medium for philosophy, Shamir begins with a much-needed overview of its main arguments, including upending the exploration of film and philosophy; showing how cinematic thought experiments offer much more than traditional thought experiments; establishing that the philosophy within a given film is not dependent on traditional philosophy; demonstrating the unprecedented potential of the cinematic platform for making us see and experience philosophy; revealing and debunking a dogma that the written text is the only proper platform for creating philosophy; redefining the boundaries between cinema and philosophy; and examining how cinema can ground philosophy in a contemporary context.
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Shamir, T.S. (2016). Introduction II: Summary. In: Cinematic Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33473-8_2
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