Dungeons and Dragons and Philosphy: Raiding the Temple of Wisdom

Overview:

  • Title: Dungeons and Dragons and Philosphy: Raiding the Temple of Wisdom
  • Author: Jon Cogburn, Mark Silcox
  • Year: 2012
  • ISBN-10: 9780812697964
  • Publisher: Open Court
  • Price: $19.95
  • Pages: x+318
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Non-fiction
  • Title Reference: Dungeons and Dragons and Philosphy: Raiding the Temple of Wisdom
  • Notes: "First printing 2012." Back cover has "Cover design and illustration: Shane Arbogast, Shanearbogast.com" Price and ISBN on back cover. Popular Culture and Philosophy series editor: George A. Reisch The essays are divided into different sections: - Heroic Tier: The Ethical Dungeon-Crawler p.1 - Paragon Tier: Planes of Existence p. 119 - Epic Tier: Leveling Up p. 193 The essay on the contributing authors is called 'Player Characters' and contains fictitious material. The References on pp. 299-308 and Index on pp. 309-318 are not included in the contents. The following essays have italics in their title: 'Does Dungeons and Dragons Refute Aristotle?', 'The Worlds of Dungeons and Dragons', 'What Dungeons and Dragons Is and Why We Do It' and 'Why Dungeons and Dragons Is Art'