You’re flipping through the channels. On your old cable TV. You see Raiders of the Lost Ark or Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade playing on a random channel. It’s in the middle of the movie. Do you select and watch? You do and you know it. Here we invoke a major debate over Dr. Elsa Schneider’s motives in the climactic grail-choosing scene, and daydream about the contents of a new book on Indiana Jones and philosophy. Join us.

Choosing the grail scene:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0TalLrtZ24 

Dr. Elsa Schneider: https://indianajones.fandom.com/wiki/Elsa_Schneider 

Marion Ravenwood: https://indianajones.fandom.com/wiki/Marion_Ravenwood

Contested objects at the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/british-museum-story/contested-objects-collection 

New book on Indiana Jones and Philosophy: https://www.amazon.com/Indiana-Jones-Philosophy-Archaeology-Adventure/dp/1119740150 

Indiana Jones theme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bTpp8PQSog 

Nietzsche on “God is dead…”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_is_dead