Details

House and Philosophy


House and Philosophy

Everybody Lies
The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series, Band 3 1. Aufl.

von: William Irwin, Henry Jacoby

18,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 04.05.2009
ISBN/EAN: 9780470730218
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 272

DRM-geschütztes eBook, Sie benötigen z.B. Adobe Digital Editions und eine Adobe ID zum Lesen.

Beschreibungen

<b>HOUSE AND PHILOSOPHY</b> <p><b>Is being nice overrated? <p>Are we really just selfish, base animals crawling across Earth in a meaningless existence? <p>Would reading less and watching more television be good for you?<p>Is House a master of Eastern philosophy or just plain rude?</b><p>Dr. Gregory House is arguably the most complex and challenging antihero in the history of television, but is there more to this self-important genius than gray matter and ego? This book takes a deeper look at <i>House</i> to reveal the philosophical underpinnings of this popular medical drama and its cane-waving curmudgeon’s most outrageous behavior. What emerges is a remarkable character who is part Sherlock Holmes, part Socratic philosopher, part Nietzschean superman, part Taoist rhetorician, and not at all as screwed up as you might think. With everything from Aristotle to Zen, <i>House and Philosophy</i> takes an engaging look at everyone’s favorite misanthropic genius and his team at Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital.<p><b>To learn more about the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series,</b><p><b>visit www.andphilosophy.com</b>
<p>Acknowledgments: What? You Want Me to Thank You? ix</p> <p>Introduction: Read Less, More TV: A Cranky, Slightly Rude Introduction 1<br /> <i>Henry Jacoby</i></p> <p><b>Part One “Humanity Is Overrated”: House on Life</b></p> <p>1 Selfish, Base Animals Crawling Across the Earth: House and the Meaning of Life 5<br /> <i>Henry Jacoby</i></p> <p>2 House and Sartre: “Hell Is Other People” 17<br /> <i>Jennifer L. McMahon</i></p> <p>3 Is There a Superman in the House?: A Nietzschean Point of View 30<b><br /> </b><i>David Goldblatt</i></p> <p>4 House and Moral Luck 39<br /> <i>Jane Dryden</i></p> <p><b>Part Two “Welcome to the End of the Thought Process:” House’s Logic and Method</b></p> <p>5 The Logic of Guesswork in Sherlock Holmes and House 55<br /> <i>Jerold J. Abrams</i></p> <p>6 It Explains Everything! 71<br /> <i>Barbara Anne Stock</i></p> <p>7 The Sound of One House Clapping: The Unmannerly Doctor as Zen Rhetorician 84<br /> <i>Jeffrey C. Ruff and Jeremy Barris</i></p> <p>8 “Being Nice Is Overrated”: House and Socrates on the Necessity of Conflict 98<br /> <i>Melanie Frappier</i></p> <p>9 Is There a Daoist in the House? 112<br /> <i>Peter Vernezze</i></p> <p><b>Part Three “It Is the Nature of Medicine That You Are Going to Screw Up”: House And Ethical Principles</b></p> <p>10 “You Care for Everybody”: Cameron’s Ethics of Care 125<br /> <i>Renee Kyle</i></p> <p>11 To Intubate or Not to Intubate: House’s Principles and Priorities 137<br /> <i>Barbara Anne Stock and Teresa Blankmeyer Burke</i></p> <p>12 House and Medical Paternalism: “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” 150<br /> <i>Mark R. Wicclair</i></p> <p>13 If the End Doesn’t Justify the Means, Then What Does? 164<br /> <i>Catherine Sartin</i></p> <p>14 House vs. Tritter: On the Clash of Theoretical and Practical Authority 174<br /> <i>Kenneth Ehrenberg</i></p> <p><b>Part Four “The Drugs Don’t Make Me High, They Make Me Neutral”: Virtues And Character on <i>House</i></b></p> <p>15 House and the Virtue of Eccentricity 187<br /> <i>John R. Fitzpatrick</i></p> <p>16 Love: The Only Risk House Can’t Take 198<br /> <i>Sara Protasi</i></p> <p>17 A Prescription for Friendship 209<br /> <i>Sara Waller</i></p> <p>18 Diagnosing Character: A House Divided? 222<br /> <i>Heather Battaly and Amy Coplan</i></p> <p>Contributors: Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital Staff 239</p> <p>Index: Index of Differential Diagnoses 247</p>
<p><b>HENRY JACOBY</b> teaches philosophy at East Carolina University. He has published articles on the philosophy of mind and contributed to <i>South Park and Philosophy</i>. He lives in Goldsboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kathryn, and their two cats, Bunkai and Willow.</p> <p><b>WILLIAM IRWIN</b> is a professor of philosophy at King’s College. He originated the philosophy and pop culture gentre of books as coeditor of the bestselling <i>The Simpsons and Philosophy</i> and has overseen recent titles, including <i>Watchmen and Philosophy, House and Philosophy</i>, and <i>Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy</i>.
<p><b>Is being nice overrated? </b></p> <p>Are we really just selfish, base animals crawling across Earth in a meaningless existence?</p> <p>Would reading less and watching more television be good for you?</p> <p>Is House a master of Eastern philosophy or just plain rude?</p> <p>Dr. Gregory House is arguably the most complex and challenging antihero in the history of television, but is there more to this self-important genius than gray matter and ego? This book takes a deeper look at <i>House</i> to reveal the philosophical underpinnings of this popular medical drama and its cane-waving curmudgeon’s most outrageous behavior. What emerges is a remarkable character who is part Sherlock Holmes, part Socratic philosopher, part Nietzschean superman, part Taoist rhetorician, and not at all as screwed up as you might think. With everything from Aristotle to Zen, <i>House and Philosophy</i> takes an engaging look at everyone’s favorite misanthropic genius and his team at Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital.</p> <p><b>To learn more about the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, visit www.andphilosophy.com</b></p>

Diese Produkte könnten Sie auch interessieren:

Batman and Philosophy
Batman and Philosophy
von: William Irwin, Mark D. White, Robert Arp
PDF ebook
17,99 €
Batman and Philosophy
Batman and Philosophy
von: William Irwin, Mark D. White, Robert Arp
EPUB ebook
17,99 €
Twilight and Philosophy
Twilight and Philosophy
von: William Irwin, Rebecca Housel, J. Jeremy Wisnewski
PDF ebook
15,99 €