I watch, therefore I am : from Socrates to Sartre, the great mysteries of life as explained through Howdy Doody, Marcia Brady, Homer Simpson, Don Draper, and other TV icons

Bergman, Gregory, 1979-

Book 2011

"Leave it to the boob tube to explain the meaning of existence. Let Gilligan's Island teach you about situational ethics. Learn about epistemology from The Brady Bunch. Explore Aristotle's Poetics by watching 24. Television has grappled with a wide range of philosophical conundrums. According to the networks, it's the ultimate source of all knowledge in the universe. So why not look at the small screen for answers to all of humanity's dilemmas? T...

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ISBN:

9781440512414
1440512418

Description:

x, 245 pages ; 19 cm

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Contents:

What's the world made of? Donuts! and Beer!
Protagoras, Gorgias, Captain Kirk, and Denny Crane
Socrates : The Sergeant Schultz of Ancient Greece
Plato is the new American Idol
Aristotle loves Lucy
Charlie Harper's Non-Epicurean lifestyle
St. Augustine's Highway to Heaven
Scully shaves Mulder with Ockham's Razor
Larry Hagman dreams of Descartes
Locke versus Hobbes, or The Brady Bunch takes on Survivor
Can or can't Kant like vampires?
Reading Hegel in Outer Space
John Stuart Mill and the Utilitarian Heroism of Dexter Morgan
Karl Marx and Adam Smith, meet Alex P. Keaton
Dr. Gregory House and the Nietzschean Superman
Don Draper, George Costanza and the non-meaning of life
Jersey Shore's 'The Situation': The Randian Ideal man with a tan?
Earl Hickey meets Karma in My name is Earl
Lost but not least

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2011284062

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1878696

Other Authors:

Archer, Peter (Peter Andrew), 1954-2021

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