William Irwin & David Kyle Johnson 
Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture [PDF ebook] 
From Socrates to South Park, Hume to House

William Irwin is professor of Philosophy and Director of the
Honors Program at King’s College in Pennsylvania. In addition
to publishing in leading scholarly journals such as Philosophy
and Literature and The Journal of Aesthetics and Art
Criticism, Irwin originated the philosophy and popular culture
genre of books with Seinfeld and Philosophy in 1999. Irwin
has also co-edited The Simpsons and Philosophy and edited
The Matrix and Philosophy and Metallica and
Philosophy. He is currently the General Editor of the Blackwell
Philosophy and Pop Culture series.
David Kyle Johnson is assistant professor of Philosophy
at King’s College in Pennsylvania. In addition to his
scholarly work on philosophy of religion, Johnson has edited
Heroes and Philosophy and is also a contributor to the
Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, having written
chapters on South Park, Family Guy, The Office,
Battlestar Galactica, and Batman. Johnson hosts a
podcast on Pop Culture and Philosophy at
www.philosophyandpopculture.com.