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House and Philosophy
Everybody Lies
William Irwin (Edited by), Henry Jacoby (Author)
9780470316603, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 28 November 2008
272 pages
22.6 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.374 kg
HOUSE AND PHILOSOPHY Is being nice overrated? Are we really just selfish, base animals crawling across Earth in a meaningless existence? Would reading less and watching more television be good for you? Is House a master of Eastern philosophy or just plain rude? 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 House 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, House and Philosophy takes an engaging look at everyone’s favorite misanthropic genius and his team at Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital. To learn more about the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, visit www.andphilosophy.com
Acknowledgments: What? You Want Me to Thank You? ix Introduction: Read Less, More TV: A Cranky, Slightly Rude Introduction 1 Part One “Humanity Is Overrated”: House on Life 1 Selfish, Base Animals Crawling Across the Earth: House and the Meaning of Life 5 2 House and Sartre: “Hell Is Other People” 17 3 Is There a Superman in the House?: A Nietzschean Point of View 30 4 House and Moral Luck 39 Part Two “Welcome to the End of the Thought Process:” House’s Logic and Method 5 The Logic of Guesswork in Sherlock Holmes and House 55 6 It Explains Everything! 71 7 The Sound of One House Clapping: The Unmannerly Doctor as Zen Rhetorician 84 8 “Being Nice Is Overrated”: House and Socrates on the Necessity of Conflict 98 9 Is There a Daoist in the House? 112 Part Three “It Is the Nature of Medicine That You Are Going to Screw Up”: House And Ethical Principles 10 “You Care for Everybody”: Cameron’s Ethics of Care 125 11 To Intubate or Not to Intubate: House’s Principles and Priorities 137 12 House and Medical Paternalism: “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” 150 13 If the End Doesn’t Justify the Means, Then What Does? 164 14 House vs. Tritter: On the Clash of Theoretical and Practical Authority 174 Part Four “The Drugs Don’t Make Me High, They Make Me Neutral”: Virtues And Character on House 15 House and the Virtue of Eccentricity 187 16 Love: The Only Risk House Can’t Take 198 17 A Prescription for Friendship 209 18 Diagnosing Character: A House Divided? 222 Contributors: Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital Staff 239 Index: Index of Differential Diagnoses 247
Henry Jacoby
Henry Jacoby
Jennifer L. McMahon
David Goldblatt
Jane Dryden
Jerold J. Abrams
Barbara Anne Stock
Jeffrey C. Ruff and Jeremy Barris
Melanie Frappier
Peter Vernezze
Renee Kyle
Barbara Anne Stock and Teresa Blankmeyer Burke
Mark R. Wicclair
Catherine Sartin
Kenneth Ehrenberg
John R. Fitzpatrick
Sara Protasi
Sara Waller
Heather Battaly and Amy Coplan
Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]
