Inception and Philosophy: Ideas to Die For

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Inception, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is the most philosophical, thought-provoking, and disturbing movie since The Matrix. It was the 'existential heist film' of the year 2010. The very idea that our dreams and reality are one and the same has caused many sleepless nights and deep vexing conversations around the world. The spontaneous association of the film with philosophical dream theories suggests that Inception is underpinned by deep philosophical urges. What is the nature of the world? Are there dreams within dreams? For thousands of years dreams represented a way of finding hidden memories, desires, and fears. In Inception and Philosophy, philosophers examine the complicated dream theme from various angles.

Thorsten Botz-Bornstein is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait. He is the author of numerous philosophy books, and he lives in Kuwait.

"The authors of Inception and Philosophy: Ideas to Die For will take you downwards and forwards. They'll plant seeds that grow in your mind. When you come out of it on the other side, you'll find that many things you think you believe never really made sense, and you'll wonder why you ever thought they did. Pick it up, start reading, wait for the kick." --D.E. Wittkower, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Old Dominion University "Inception is one of the most philosophically compelling movies to come out in the past twenty years or more. Reading Inception and Philosophy: Ideas to Die For is like waking from a dream. It could be just that." --Richard Greene, co-editor of Dexter and Philosophy "Not since The Matrix has there been a movie so philosophically rich as Christopher Nolan's Inception. If I had Dom Cobb's powers, I would plant just one simple idea--resilient, highly contagious--in the minds of bookstore browsers everywhere: Read Inception and Philosophy: Ideas to Die For." --Amy Kind, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College "Nothing can kick-start excited conversations on the gnarly nature of the mind quite like the movie Inception and a bunch of passionate philosophers." --Luke Dick, writer, artist, singer, philosophy professor