Explains philosophical concepts such as perception and reality, and offers insights and life lessons based on scenes and characters from Lewis Carroll's classic story, including the Mad Hatter and his tea party and the violent Queen of Hearts. Original. The perfect companion to Lewis Carroll's classic book and director Tim Burton's remake of Alice in Wonderland releasing in March 2010 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is treasured by people of all ages who have followed young Alice on her trip down a rabbit hole and into a fantasy world filled with strange and whimsical characters. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: It s My Own Invention Yeah, Right! Introduction: You re Late for a Very Important Date. PART ONE WAKE UP, ALICE DEAR . 1 Unruly Alice: A Feminist View of Some Adventures in Wonderland (Megan S. Lloyd). 2 Jam Yesterday, Jam Tomorrow, but Never Jam Today: On Procrastination, Hiking, and . . . the Spice Girls? (Mark D. White). 3 Nuclear Strategists in Wonderland (Ron Hirschbein). 4 You re Nothing but a Pack of Cards! : Alice Doesn t Have a Social Contract (Dennis Knepp). PART TWO THAT S LOGIC . 5 Six Impossible Things before Breakfast (George A. Dunn and Brian McDonald). 6 Reasoning Down the Rabbit Hole: Logical Lessons in Wonderland (David S. Brown). 7 Three Ways of Getting It Wrong: Induction in Wonderland (Brendan Shea). 8 Is There Such a Thing as a Language? (Daniel Whiting). PART THREE WE RE ALL MAD HERE . 9 Alice, Perception, and Reality: Jell O Mistaken for Stones (Robert Arp). 10 How Deep Does the Rabbit Hole Go?: Drugs and Dreams, Perception and Reality (Scott F. Parker). 11 Perspectivism and Tragedy: A Nietzschean Interpretation of Alice s Adventure (Rick Mayock). 12 Wishing It Were Some Other Time: The Temporal Passage of Alice (Mark W. Westmoreland). PART FOUR WHO IN THE WORLD AM I? . 13 Serious Nonsense (Charles Taliaferro and Elizabeth Olson). 14 Memory and Muchness : Alice and the Philosophy of Memory (Tyler Shores). CONTRIBUTORS: Pawns and Pieces: As Arranged before Commencement of Game. INDEX: Down, Down, Down : What You Will Find at the Bottom.