I Watch, Therefore I Am
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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

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  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

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

About this book

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 to the small screen for answers to all of humanity's dilemmas?There's not a single issue discussed by the great thinkers of the past that hasn't been hashed out between commercials in shows like Mad Men and Leave It to Beaver. So fix yourself a snack, settle into the couch, grab the remote...and prepare to be enlightened.

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Publisher
Adams Media
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781440512414
eBook ISBN
9781440527340
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophy History & Theory

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1 What’s the World Made Of? Donuts! And Beer!
  9. Chapter 2 Protagoras, Gorgias, Captain Kirk, and Denny Crane
  10. Chapter 3 Socrates The Sergeant Schultz of Ancient Greece
  11. Chapter 4 Plato Is the New American Idol
  12. Chapter 5 Aristotle Loves Lucy
  13. Chapter 6 Charlie Harper’s Non-Epicurean Lifestyle
  14. Chapter 7 St. Augustine’s Highway to Heaven
  15. Chapter 8 Scully Shaves Mulder with Ockham’s Razor
  16. Chapter 9 Larry Hagman Dreams of Descartes
  17. Chapter 10 Locke versus Hobbes, or The Brady Bunch Takes on Survivor
  18. Chapter 11 Can or Can’t Kant Like Vampires?
  19. Chapter 12 Reading Hegel in Outer Space
  20. Chapter 13 John Stuart Mill and the Utilitarian Heroism of Dexter Morgan
  21. Chapter 14 Karl Marx and Adam Smith, Meet Alex P. Keaton
  22. Chapter 15 Dr. Gregory House and the Nietzschean Superman
  23. Chapter 16 Don Draper, George Costanza, and the Non-Meaning of Life
  24. Chapter 17 Jersey Shore’s “The Situation” The Randian Ideal Man with a Tan?
  25. Chapter 18 Earl Hickey Meets Karma in My Name Is Earl
  26. Chapter 19 Lost But Not Least
  27. Conclusion
  28. APPENDIX A Glossary of Philosophical Terms
  29. APPENDIX B Who’s Who in Philosophy
  30. Bibliography
  31. Index
  32. About the Author

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