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Philosophy of film

Overview

The philosophy of film is a branch of aesthetics within the discipline of philosophy that seeks to understand the most basic questions about film. Philosophy of film has significant overlap with film theory, a branch of film studies.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Philosophy of film

• Noël Carroll

Related ideas

• Film theory
• Philosophy
• Aesthetics
• Film
• American philosophy
• Silent film
• God
• Hugo Münsterberg
• Edinburgh University Press
• Film studies
• Kendall Walton
• André Bazin
• Noël Carroll
• Waking Life
• Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
• Film and Philosophy

Place in the tradition

Part of Outline of philosophy.

Narrower topics:

• Film studies
• Film theory
• Hugo Münsterberg
• Silent film
• André Bazin
• Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
• Film and Philosophy

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