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The funniest of all improbable worlds
Hitchhiker's as philosophical satire
pp. 236-268
Abstract
If the other parts of this book establish anything, it is that Hitchhiker's is not only a "Rollercoaster of Ideas' (as ex-Python Terry Jones has called it) but a ride in which many of the ideas are philosophical. This chapter argues that one way in which Hitchhiker's is philosophical is by being — up to a considerable point, anyway — a philosophical satire.1
Publication details
Published in:
Joll Nicholas (2012) Philosophy and the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Pages: 236-268
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-230-39265-6_10
Full citation:
Pawlak Alexander, Joll Nicholas (2012) „The funniest of all improbable worlds: Hitchhiker's as philosophical satire“, In: N. Joll (ed.), Philosophy and the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 236–268.