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2Big Ideas for Little Kids includes everything a teacher, a parent, or a college student needs to teach philosophy to elementary school children from picture books. Written in a clear and accessible style, the book explains why it is important to allow young children access to philosophy during primary-school education. Wartenberg also gives advice on how to construct a "learner-centered" classroom, in which children discuss philosophical issues with one another as they respond to open-ended ques…Read more
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Ted Cohen and Paul Guyer, eds., Essays in Kant's Aesthetics (review)Philosophy in Review 4 185-187. 1984.
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17Review of Robert B. Pippin, Hollywood Westerns and American Myth: The Importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for Political Philosophy (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2010 (9). 2010.
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48Wordy pictures: theorizing the relationship between image and text in comicsIn Aaron Meskin & Roy T. Cook (eds.), The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach, Wiley-blackwell. pp. 87--104. 2012.
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52Order through Reason. Kant’s Transcendental Justification of ScienceKant Studien 70 (1-4): 409-424. 1979.
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86Thinking on Screen: Film as PhilosophyRoutledge. 2009.Thinking on Screen: Film as Philosophy is an accessible and thought-provoking examination of the way films raise and explore complex philosophical ideas. Written in a clear and engaging style, Thomas Wartenberg examines films’ ability to discuss, and even criticize ideas that have intrigued and puzzled philosophers over the centuries such as the nature of personhood, the basis of morality, and epistemological skepticism. Beginning with a demonstration of how specific forms of philosophical disco…Read more
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34Assessing an Elementary School Philosophy ProgramThinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children 20 (3-4): 90-94. 2014.This paper describes a research project assessing the effect on second grade students’ understanding of argumentation that a twelve-week program of weekly philosophy lessons had. The philosophy lessons were taught using popular picture books in the manner employed in my Teaching Children Philosophy program. Compared to a control group of second graders who did not study philosophy, it was demonstrated that the 45-minute weekly philosophy classes led to a significant and sustainable increase in s…Read more
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267 Reason and the practice of scienceIn Paul Guyer (ed.), The Cambridge companion to Kant, Cambridge University Press. pp. 3--228. 1992.
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2David Bordwell and Noël Carroll, eds., Post-Theory: Reconstructing Film Studies Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 18 (2): 85-87. 1998.
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81Beyond mere illustration: How films can be philosophyJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 64 (1). 2006.
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28Moving Viewers: American Film and the Spectator's Experience by plantinga, carlJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 68 (1): 70-72. 2010.
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14Philosophy and Film (edited book)Routledge. 1995._Philosophy and Film_ moves from broad theoretical reflections on film as a medium to concrete examinations of individual films.
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31Film, Philosophy, and the Ordinary: A Response to ButleFilm-Philosophy 5 (1). 2001.Brian Butler Transgression: Ordinary and Otherwise _Film-Philosophy_, vol. 5 no. 22, July 2001
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5Fight Club (edited book)Routledge. 2011.Released in 1999, _Fight Club_ is David Fincher’s popular adaption of Chuck Palahniuk’s cult novel, and one of the most philosophically rich films of recent years. This is the first book to explore the varied philosophical aspects of the film. Beginning with an introduction by the editor that places the film and essays in context, each chapter explores a central theme of _Fight Club_ from a philosophical perspective. Topics discussed include: _Fight Club_, Plato’s cave and Descartes’ cogito mora…Read more