Mr. Monk and Philosophy The Curious Case of the Defective Detective

by Wittkower, D. E.

• ISBN13: 9780812696745
• ISBN10: 0812696743
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-26
• Publisher: Open Court

Summary

It's a jungle our there. And in here, too. Through this jungle prowl all the demons of dirt and disorder. Though they must win eventually, the way to delay their victory is to keep everything in its proper place, and that means noticing any detail that doesn't fit.

Table of Contents

Mr. Monk Meets Alexander the Great	p. xi
I Just Solved the Case: How Monk Thinks	p. 1
Mr. Monk and the Phenomenological Attitude	p. 3
Mr. Monk Has an Epiphany	p. 17
Mr. Monk and the Sinister Milk	p. 29
He's the Guy: What Monk Is Made of	p. 43
Mr. Monk and the Virtuous Habit	p. 45
Mr. Monk Makes Some Friends	p. 57
Mr. Monk Takes On the Übermensch	p. 69
Unless I'm Wrong, and I'm Notà: Monk's Logic	p. 81
Mr. Monk Isn't Himself	p. 83
Mr. Monk and the Contradiction	p. 95
Mr. Monk Goes to the Library	p. 105
He's a Real Character: Monk's Competition	p. 119
Mr. Monk Meets Dr. House	p. 121
Mr. Monk and the Emotion-Reason Dilemma	p. 139
Mr. Monk and the Reestablished Harmony	p. 157
He'sà Not Like Everyone Else: The Spiritual Side of Adrian Monk	p. 167
Mr. Monk and the Medieval Monks	p. 169
Mr. Monk Does a Ritual Dance	p. 181
Mr. Monk and the Bodhisattva Ideal	p. 193
Our Hour Isn't Over Yet, It's Only Been Fifty-Eight Minutes: Monk in Therapy	p. 205
Mr. Mead Starts Couples Therapy	p. 207
Mr. Monk and the Jungle Out There	p. 221
Mr. Monk and the Death Drive	p. 235
Case Files	p. 251
I Organized Everything by Topic Alphabetically. You'll Thank Me Later	p. 255
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