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.
