House and Philosophy Everybody Lies

Name: House and Philosophy Everybody Lies
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ISBN: 9780470316603

ISBN-10: 0470316608

ISBN-13: 9780470316603

Edition: 2009

Authors: Henry Jacoby, William A. Irwin, William A. Irwin

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House is one of the top three television dramas on the air, pulling in more than 19 million viewers for each episode. This latest book in the popular Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series takes a deeper look at the characters and issues raised in this Emmy Award-winning medical drama. How can a rude diagnostician also be a zen rhetorician? Do House and Socrates agree on the necessity of conflict? What is the meaning of life according to House? House and Philosophy offers entertaining answers to these and other fascinating questions viewers have about Dr. Gregory House and his medical team.

Book details

List price: $20.75
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/3/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments: What? You Want Me to Thank You?


Introduction: Read Less, More TV: A Cranky, Slightly Rude Introduction




"Humanity is Overrated": House on Life



Selfish, Base Animals Crawling Across the Earth: House and the Meaning of Life




House and Sartre: "Hell Is Other People"




Is There a Superman in the House?: A Nietzschean Point of View




House and Moral Luck




"Welcome to the End of the Thought Process:" House's Logic and Method



The Logic of Guesswork in Sherlock Holmes and House




It Explains Everything!




The Sound of One House Clapping: The Unmannerly Doctor as Zen Rhetorician




"Being Nice Is Overrated": House and Socrates on the Necessity of Conflict




Is There a Daoist in the House?




"It is the Nature of Medicine that You are Going to Screw Up": House and Ethical Principles



"You Care for Everybody": Cameron's Ethics of Care




To Intubate or Not to Intubate: House's Principles and Priorities




House and Medical Paternalism: "You Can't Always Get What You Want."




If the End Doesn't Justify the Means, Then What Does?




House vs. Tritter: On the Clash of Theoretical and Practical Authority




"The Drugs Don't Make Me High, They Make Me Neutral": Virtues and Character on House



House and the Virtue of Eccentricity




Love: The Only Risk House Can't Take




A Prescription for Friendship




Diagnosing Character: A House Divided?



Contributors: Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital Staff


Index: Index of Differential Diagnoses