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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: “Unraveling the Mysteries” | |
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| �It All Began On A Warm Summer�S Evening In Greece�: Aristotelian Insights | |
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| Aristotle on Sheldon Cooper: Ancient Greek Meets Modern Geek | |
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| �You’re a Sucky, Sucky Friend�: Seeking Aristotelian Friendship in The Big Bang Theory | |
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| The Big Bang Theory on the Use and Abuse of Modern Technology | |
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| �Is It Wrong To Say I Love Our Killer Robot?�: Ethics And Virtue | |
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| Feeling Bad about Feeling Good: Is It Morally Wrong to Laugh at Sheldon? | |
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| . . . But Is Wil Wheaton Evil? | |
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| Do We Need a Roommate Agreement?: Pleasure, Selfi shness, and Virtue in The Big Bang Theory | |
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| �Perhaps You Mean A Different Thing Than I Do When You Say ‘Science��: Science, Scientism, And Religion | |
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| Getting Fundamental about Doing Physics in The Big Bang Theory | |
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| Sheldon, Leonard, and Leslie: The Three Faces of Quantum Gravity | |
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| The One Paradigm to Rule Them All: Scientism and The Big Bang Theory | |
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| Cooper Considerations: Science, Religion, and Family | |
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| �I Need Your Opinion On A Matter Of Semiotics�: Language And Meaning | |
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| Wittgenstein and Language Games in The Big Bang Theory | |
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| �I’m Afraid You Couldn’t Be More Wrong!�: Sheldon and Being Right about Being Wrong | |
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| The Cooper Conundrum: Good Lord, Who’s Tolerating Whom? | |
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| The Mendacity Bifurcation | |
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| �The Human Experience That Has Always Eluded Me�: The Human Condition | |
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| Mothers and Sons of The Big Bang Theory | |
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| Penny, Sheldon, and Personal Growth through Difference | |
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| Deconstructing the Women of The Big Bang Theory: So Much More Than Girlfriends | |
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| The Episode Compendium: �Hey, It’s a Big Menu—There’s Two Pages Just for Desserts” | |
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| Contributors: �But If We Were Part of the Team . . . We Could Drink for Free in Any Bar in Any College Town” | |
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| Index: �Cornucopia . . . Let’s Make That Our Word of the Day” | |