Utilizing a series of essays examining the broad philosophical concepts embedded in Rod Serling's series, The Twilight Zone, Philosophy in The Twilight Zone provides a platform for further philosophical discussion. Features essays by eminent contemporary philosophers concerning the over-arching themes in The Twilight Zone, as well as in-depth discussions of particular episodes Fuses popular cult entertainment with classical philosophical perspectives Acts as a guide to unearthing larger questions - from human nature to the nature of reality and beyond - posed in the series Includes substantial critical and biographical information on series creator Rob Serling

Utilizing a series of essays examining the broad philosophicalconcepts embedded in Rod Serling's series, The TwilightZone, Philosophy in The Twilight Zone provides aplatform for further philosophical discussion.* Features essays by eminent contemporary philosophers concerningthe over-arching themes in The Twilight Zone, as well asin-depth discussions of particular episodes* Fuses popular cult entertainment with classical philosophicalperspectives* Acts as a guide to unearthing larger questions - from humannature to the nature of reality and beyond - posed in theseries* Includes substantial critical and biographical information onseries creator Rob Serling

Notes on ContributorsIntroduction: Lester H. Hunt1. "And Now, Rod Serling, Creator of The TwilightZone": The Author as Auteur: Lester H.Hunt2. Tales of Dread in The Twilight Zone: A Contribution toNarratology: Noël Carroll3. Frame Shifters: Surprise Endings and Spectator Imagination inThe Twilight Zone: Carl Plantinga4. The Treachery of the Commonplace: Mary Sirridge5. Where is the Twilight Zone?: Richard Hanley6. Existentialism and Searching for an Exit: Susan L.Feagin7. Through the Twilight Zone of Nonbeing: Two Exemplars of Racein Serling's Classic Series: Lewis R. Gordon8. Blending Fiction and Reality: "The Odyssey of Flight33": Thomas E. Wartenberg9. Epistemology at 20,000 Feet: Sheila Lintott10. Rationality and Choice in "Nick of Time":Aeon J. Skoble11. "The Little People": Power and the Worshipable:Aaron Smuts12. Nothing in the Dark: Deprivation, Death, and the Good Life:James S. TaylorIndex