Podcast appearances and mentions of Kevin S Decker

Kevin S. Decker is a professor of philosophy at Eastern Washington University in Spokane, WA. In his classes, he works from science fiction, comic books, and other popular culture reference points to explore and explain concepts of philosophy to his students. He has also contributed to and edited a number of books from the "...and Philosophy" series, including Alien and Philosophy, Star Wars and Philosophy, Star Trek and Philosophy: The Wrath of Kant, and Terminator and Philosophy: I'll Be Back, Therefore I Am. He is also a devoted Doctor Who fan, and the author of Who is Who, an exploration of philosophy in Doctor Who. For this episode, John is joined by Nico Vasilo, from CageClub podcasts .html and X is for Podcast. 

In this episode we talk to Professor Jim Okapal (who suggested the title of this episode) about Aristotle, friendship, science fiction, and fantasy. In our discussion Jim elaborates on some of the ideas he developed in his essay “'In Search of ...' Friendship: What We Can Learn from Androids and Vulcans" (in The Ultimate Start Trek and Philosophy: The Search for Socrates edited by Kevin S. Decker and Jason T. Eberl). Music in this episode: "Attack of the Mole Men" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Space Harmony https://www.purple-planet.com Fat Cartoon Jazz https://www.purple-planet.com

Grab your bookmarks, it's time to Take Cover as we focus on the writings of the Star Wars galaxy. This month Brian, Matt and Mark are joined by James Burns from Star Wars Collectors Cast who interviews George Lucas: A Life biographer Brian Jay Jones while Brian chats with Star Wars Philosophy authors Kevin S. Decker, Jason T. Eberl. The guys remember Carrie Fisher and discuss Doctor Aphra #2, Star Wars #26 and more. You can listen to episode 13 here on iTunes, contact us on Skype at JediNewsNetwork with your comments, views and opinions and be a part of the show.