1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright Page

      4  Notes on Contributors

      5  Acknowledgments

      6  Sources

      7  Introduction

      8  Part I: What is Philosophy? 1 Flatulence and Philosophy The “Danger” of South Park Oh My God! They Killed Socrates! You Bastards! Cartman Gets a Banal Probe Friendship Kicks Ass! The Dialogues of Kyle and Stan An Apology for South Park: Getting in Touch with Your Inner Cartman The Talking Cure for Our Culture 2 The Chewbacca Defense If You Do Drugs, Then You're a Hippie Deductions and Inductions The Good, the Bad, and … Well, That's it Really “If Chewbacca Lives on Endor, You Must Acquit” Slippery Slopes “The Defense Rests” 3 Wikiality, Truthiness, and Gut Thinking My Truth (Individual Relativism) Wikiality (Cultural Relativism) Truthiness (Intuitionism) A Right to Your Opinion How to do Philosophy

      9  Part II: Epistemology 4 You Know, I Learned Something Today Belief and Evidence Faith, Self‐Interest, and Evidence What's the Harm, Dude? Inquiry, Hard Work, and Progress 5 Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole The Skeptical Dilemma: Cartesian Dreams and Demons Skepticism Within the Matrix How Deep Does the Rabbit Hole Go? Skepticism Outside the Matrix 6 Adama's True Lie “You're Right. There's no Earth. It’s all a Legend” “I'm Not a Cylon! … Maybe, but We Just Can’t Take That Chance” “You Have to Have Something to Live for. Let it be Earth” 7 Wakandan Resources “The Illusions of Division Threaten Our Very Existence” “The Real Question is: What are Those?” “What Can a Nation of Farmers Offer the Rest of the World?” “We Must Right These Wrongs”

      10  Part III: Metaphysics 8 Life on a Holodeck Of Humans and Holograms The Holographic Hypothesis Is Reality an App? Can't Tell a Soul Without a Program Who's Playing What? Cogito Ergo Sum? 9 Astral Bodies and Cartesian Souls “Let's Get Physical” – Olivia Newton‐John 1981 “Soul Man” – Sam & Dave 1967 “Miss You” – The Rolling Stones 1978 “Body and Soul” – Billie Holiday 1957 “It's Possible” –Cinderella 1957 “Strange Magic” – Electric Light Orchestra 1975 10 Mind and Body in Zion The Matrix Scenario Mystery and Miracles Mind–Body Dualism Mind–Body Materialism Mental States: Reduction or Elimination? The Role of Matter: Biology or Function? 11 Amnesia, Personal Identity, and the Many Lives