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Film as philosophyIn Paisley Livingston & Carl Plantinga (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film, Routledge. 2008.
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36Romantic Love and the Feudal Household: Romeo and Juliet as Social CriticismPhilosophy and Literature 46 (2): 447-467. 2023.Abstract:Romeo and Juliet is one of the first works to emphasize the important place that romantic love holds in the lives of two individuals. Less frequently acknowledged is the role of romantic love in the play's criticism of feudal society. Using the notion of an unlikely couple, I explore the play's critique of feudal society for allowing the antagonism between the two lovers' noble households to undermine the possibility of their finding true love. The play argues for the importance of a st…Read more
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10Thinking through stories: children, philosophy, and picture booksRoutledge. 2022.This book provides justification and instruction for exploring philosophy with children, especially by using picture books to initiate philosophical discussion. By demonstrating to pre-service teachers that picture books often embed philosophical issues into their narratives, and that this makes picture books a natural place to go to help young children investigate philosophical issues, the author offers a straightforward approach to engaging young students. In particular, this volume highlights…Read more
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18Thoughtful images: illustrating philosophy through artOxford University Press. 2023.Thoughtful Images: Philosophy Illustrated is the first systematic investigation of how artists throughout the ages have illustrated philosophical texts, ideas, concepts, and theories. The book begins by developing a theory of visual illustrations of philosophical texts and undermining what the author calls "the denigration of illustration." The book then takes a more historical approach, beginning in Ancient Greece and Rome and proceeding through Medieval illuminations and printed broadsides to …Read more
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8Order through Reason. Kant’s Transcendental Justification of ScienceKant Studien 70 (1-4): 409-424. 1979.
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Teaching the Philosophy of Art in Elementary SchoolIn Roberta Israeloff & Jana Mohr Lone (eds.), Philosophy and Education. pp. 151-58. 2012.
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Examining the Effects of Philosophy Classes on the Early Development of Argumentation SkillsIn Sara Goering, Nicholas J. Shudak & Thomas E. Wartenberg (eds.), Philosophy in schools: an introduction for philosophers and teachers, Routledge. pp. 277-87. 2013.
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Elementary School PhilosophyIn Sara Goering, Nicholas J. Shudak & Thomas E. Wartenberg (eds.), Philosophy in schools: an introduction for philosophers and teachers, Routledge. pp. 334-41. 2013.
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1Does Philosophy Improve Children's ThinkingIn Ali Bassiri (ed.), Implementing Philosophy in Elementary Schools, Authorhouse. pp. 34-41. 2013.
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Philosophy@The Virtual Art MuseumNewsletter of the American Society for Aesthetics 3 (37): 6-8. 2017.
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15Rethinking PowerSUNY Press. 1992.The authors represent the cutting edge of current research into the concept of power. Among the topics discussed are power in social theory, feminist conceptions of power, power and sexuality, modes of oppression and domination, the significance of Foucault’s theory of power, and power in market transactions. Included are contributions by Amelie Oksenberg Rorty, Terence Ball, Jeffrey Isaac, Thomas McCarthy, Gayatri Spivak, Iris Marion Young, Jean Baker Miller, Nancy C. M. Hartsock, Samuel Bowles…Read more
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97The Forms of Power: From Domination to TransformationTemple University Press. 1990.Examining the ways in which philosophers from Plato onwards have used the concept of power, this work develops a field theory of power that rejects many of the reigning assumptions made about power. Incorporating the insights of feminist theorists, it argues that power has a positive as well as a negative role to play in social relations.
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147The Philosophy of Film: Introductory Text and Readings (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 2005.Organized around a series of philosophic questions about film,The Philosophy of Film: Introductory Text and Readingsoffers an accessible and engaging overview of the discipline. Provides thorough selection of readings drawn from philosophy,film studies, and film criticism Multiple points of view highlighted in discussion of filmtheory, narration, authorship, film and emotion, and the socialvalues of cinema Presents thought-provoking reading questions as well as clearand helpful introductions for…Read more
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34Existentialism: A Beginner's GuideOneworld. 2008.A lively introduction to this celebrated philosophical tradition. Existentialism pervades modern culture, yet if you ask most people what it means, they won’t be able to tell you. In this lively and topical introduction, Wartenberg reveals a vibrant mode of philosophical inquiry that addresses concerns at the heart of the existence of every human being. Wartenberg uses classic films, novels, and plays to present the ideas of now-legendary Existentialist thinkers from Nietzsche and Camus to Sartr…Read more
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15Mel Bochner: Illustrating PhilosophyMount Holyoke College Art. 2015.What would a visual image of a philosophical idea look like? Aren't philosophical concepts, by virtue of their very abstractness, incapable of being rendered visually? These are some of the questions raised in this catalogue of an exhibition at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Mel Bochner: Illustrating Philosophy, which examines a specific project by the renowned conceptual artist. Curator and author Thomas E. Wartenberg explores Bochner's prints and drawings inspired by the writings of phi…Read more
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54IntroductionJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 64 (1): 1-9. 2006.Murray Smith, Thomas E. Wartenberg; Introduction, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Volume 64, Issue 1, 8 March 2005, Pages 1–10, https://doi.org/10.
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9Stanley Cavell, Contesting Tears: The Hollywood Melodrama of The Unknown WomanJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 56 (1): 82-82. 1998.
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15Contemporary Philosophical FilmmakingIn Noël Carroll, Laura T. Di Summa & Shawn Loht (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of the Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures, Springer. pp. 491-511. 2019.Although there has been an extensive debate about whether films can actually do philosophy, this chapter bypasses that debate in order to examine a number of different ways in which philosophy has been done by contemporary filmmakers. Using a variety of different films from different genres—including Anomalisa, an animated film; Amour, a narrative fiction film; and The Act of Killing, a documentary—the chapter explores some of the central ways that philosophy has been done on film—such as provid…Read more