one of the several ways to parse the relationship between philosophy and popular culture is to consider pop culture as a vehicle for philosophy and this is the reading i shall pursue the metaphor vehicle is suitable multipurpose for philosophy might simple be carried along like luggage or event more incidentally like a stone picked up by a tire that taps a long for a while before dropping off but sometimes philosophy can also be identified whit the engine or the wheels the ideas inseparable from the conveyance