The golden compass and philosophy
By: edited by Richard Greene and Rachel Robison.
Contributors: Greene, Richard, 1961 Sept. 2-; Robison, Rachel, 1983-
Series: Popular culture and philosophy -- v. 43
Publisher: Open Court
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780812696714
Subjects: Pullman, Philip, -- 1946-; Pullman, Philip, -- 1946- -- Philosophy; Children's stories, English -- History and criticism; Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism; Philosophy in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Angels and d'mons and bears (oh my)!; title: Part I: When you stopped believing in God did you stop believing in good and evil?; title: Mrs. Coulter : the overwoman? / Randall E. Auxier; title: One of these gods is not like the other / Rachel Robison; title: Is Philip Pullman corrupting the young? / Abrol Fairweather; title: Faith and circumcision / Wayne Yuen; title: Part II: Tell them stories, they need the truth, you must tell them true stories and everything will be well, just tell them stories; title: The truth in Lyra's lies / Kiera Vaclavik; title: The many faces of Lyra / Margaret Mackey; title: Kicking up some dust / Mary Russell; title: Part III: All the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity; title: Cuts like a knife / Randall E. Auxier; title: Is Lyra free enough to be a hero? / Nicolas Michaud; title: Could the magisterium be right? / Nicolas Michaud; title: Part IV: Was there only one world after all, which spent its time dreaming of others?; title: Worlds of possibility / Hannah Finley; title: Lyra's journey to the world of the dead : who's going with me? / Angela Rhyan Harris and Paul Baer; title: Why the dead choose death / Richard Greene.