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What’s in a Name?

This is a good time for the area of philosophical inquiry after which this APA Blog Series is named (the reason for this circumlocution will soon become evident). There are...

Noël Carroll

Noël Carroll is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center, CUNY. He is the author of The Philosophy of Motion Pictures and Philosophy and the Moving Image. He is...

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Thoughtful Images

...Noël Carroll, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at The Graduate Center, CUNY, has said: “In Thoughtful Images: Illustrating Philosophy Through Art, Thomas Wartenberg, a leading figure in the debate about the...

Syllabus Showcase: Thrills, Chills, and Some Spills: The Philosophy of Horror, Kenneth Brewer

...completely change their views by the end of the semester. The course syllabus follows the structure of Noël Carroll’s classic 1990 The Philosophy of Horror, or Paradoxes of the Heart,...

The Faces of Death: More than a Macabre Rite of Passage

...explain the film’s appeal? Noel Carroll and others have written extensively about the appeal of horror films. However, most of this writing centers on traditional horror films and doesn’t dive...

Unnatural Bodies: Disability as Metaphysical Threat

...can be found in Noel Carroll’s book The Philosophy of Horror, who uses Douglas’ work to analyze the monsters found in horror fiction. Carroll argues that monsters must have two...

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Recently Published Book Spotlight: Two Thumbs Up

...famous list:     “unified, balanced, integrated, lifeless, serene, somber, dynamic, powerful, vivid, delicate, moving, trite, sentimental, tragic.”  I canvas the taxonomies two present-day aestheticians, Alan Goldman and Noel Carroll, propose for...

Horrific Thoughts: Incorporating Student Film-Making in a Course on Horror and Philosophy

...King!). It is good to try to use articles and excerpts for most of philosophy readings (although an upper-level version of this class might read all of Noël Carroll’s excellent...