{"product_id":"house-and-philosophy-isbn-9780470316603","title":"House and Philosophy","description":"\u003cb\u003eHOUSE AND PHILOSOPHY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs being nice overrated? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre we really just selfish, base animals crawling across Earth in a meaningless existence? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWould reading less and watching more television be good for you?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs House a master of Eastern philosophy or just plain rude?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. 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 \u003ci\u003eHouse\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eHouse and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e takes an engaging look at everyone’s favorite misanthropic genius and his team at Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo learn more about the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003evisit www.andphilosophy.com\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments: What? You Want Me to Thank You? ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Read Less, More TV: A Cranky, Slightly Rude Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenry Jacoby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One “Humanity Is Overrated”: House on Life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Selfish, Base Animals Crawling Across the Earth: House and the Meaning of Life 5\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenry Jacoby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 House and Sartre: “Hell Is Other People” 17\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennifer L. McMahon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Is There a Superman in the House?: A Nietzschean Point of View 30\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Goldblatt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 House and Moral Luck 39\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJane Dryden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two “Welcome to the End of the Thought Process:” House’s Logic and Method\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Logic of Guesswork in Sherlock Holmes and House 55\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJerold J. Abrams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 It Explains Everything! 71\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara Anne Stock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Sound of One House Clapping: The Unmannerly Doctor as Zen Rhetorician 84\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeffrey C. Ruff and Jeremy Barris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 “Being Nice Is Overrated”: House and Socrates on the Necessity of Conflict 98\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMelanie Frappier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Is There a Daoist in the House? 112\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Vernezze\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three “It Is the Nature of Medicine That You Are Going to Screw Up”: House And Ethical Principles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 “You Care for Everybody”: Cameron’s Ethics of Care 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRenee Kyle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 To Intubate or Not to Intubate: House’s Principles and Priorities 137\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara Anne Stock and Teresa Blankmeyer Burke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 House and Medical Paternalism: “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” 150\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark R. Wicclair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 If the End Doesn’t Justify the Means, Then What Does? 164\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatherine Sartin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 House vs. Tritter: On the Clash of Theoretical and Practical Authority 174\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKenneth Ehrenberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four “The Drugs Don’t Make Me High, They Make Me Neutral”: Virtues And Character on \u003ci\u003eHouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 House and the Virtue of Eccentricity 187\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn R. Fitzpatrick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Love: The Only Risk House Can’t Take 198\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSara Protasi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 A Prescription for Friendship 209\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSara Waller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Diagnosing Character: A House Divided? 222\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeather Battaly and Amy Coplan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors: Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital Staff 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex: Index of Differential Diagnoses 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHENRY JACOBY\u003c\/b\u003e teaches philosophy at East Carolina University. He has published articles on the philosophy of mind and contributed to \u003ci\u003eSouth Park and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Goldsboro, North Carolina, with his wife, Kathryn, and their two cats, Bunkai and Willow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWILLIAM IRWIN\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of philosophy at King’s College. He originated the philosophy and pop culture gentre of books as coeditor of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and has overseen recent titles, including \u003ci\u003eWatchmen and Philosophy, House and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs being nice overrated? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAre we really just selfish, base animals crawling across Earth in a meaningless existence?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWould reading less and watching more television be good for you?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs House a master of Eastern philosophy or just plain rude?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr. 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? 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