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Seinfeld and Philosophy William Irwin

Seinfeld and Philosophy By William Irwin

Seinfeld and Philosophy by William Irwin


Summary

This collection uses Seinfeld episodes to introduce important concepts in philosophy. Some essays are devoted to single characters, while others explore philosophical issues raised by the show. The authors also examine ethical problems in everyday life, drawing upon examples from the show.

Seinfeld and Philosophy Summary

Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing by William Irwin

This entertaining but thought provoking collection uses Seinfeld episodes to introduce readers to important concepts in philosophy. Some essays are devoted to single characters, asking questions such as Did Jerry, like Socrates, lead an examined life? Others explore philosophical issues raised by the show, debating whether it was rational for George to do the opposite. The authors also examine the ethical problems of everyday life, drawing upon the many examples found in the show. The volume includes a guide to Seinfeld episodes and a chronological guide to important philosophers.

Table of Contents

Monologue - Seinfeld, the Field of Being, William Irwin. Act One - The Characters, AKA the New York Four: Jerry and Socrates - the Examined Life?, William Irwin; George's Failed Quest for Happiness - an Aristotelian Analysis, Daniel Barwick; Elaine - Feminist Icon or Just One of the Boys?, Sarah Worth; Kramer and Kierkegaard - Stages on Life's Way, William Irwin. Act Two - Seinfeld and the Philosophers: Making Something Out of Nothing - Seinfeld, Sophistry, and the Tao, Eric Bronson; Plato or Nietzsche? Time, Essence, and Eternal Recurrence in Seinfeld, Mark Conard; Seinfeld, Subjectivity, and Sartre, Jennifer McMahon; Seinfeld and Wittgenstein on the Commonplace, Kelly Dean Jolley. Act Three - Untimely Meditations by the Water Cooler: The Costanza Manoeuvre - Is it Rational for George to Do the Opposite?, Jason Holt; Peterman and the Ideological Mind - Paradoxes of Subjectivity, Norah Martin; Comedy and the Insignificant, Jorge J.E. Gracia. Act Four - Is There Anything Wrong With That?: Seinfeld and the Moral Life, Robert Epperson; Virtue Ethics and TV's Seinfeld, Aeon J. Skoble; Ethics in the Final Episode - Is Doing Nothing Something?, Theodore J. Schick Jr. Appendices: Episode Guide; A Chronology of Philosophers.

Additional information

GOR003338199
9780812694093
0812694090
Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing by William Irwin
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
19990909
224
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