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9780812694093

Seinfeld and Philosophy A Book about Everything and Nothing

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  • ISBN13:

    9780812694093

  • ISBN10:

    0812694090

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-08-20
  • Publisher: INGRAM

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Summary

An introduction to philosophy through the lens of "Seinfeld" asks, "Is itational for George to do the opposite?" and "Is there really anything wrongith that?" and other important topics.

Author Biography

William Irwin is a professor of philosophy at King's College.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
Monologue: Seinfeld, "The Field of Being"p. xi
The Characters, aka "The New York Four"p. 1
Jerry and Socrates: The Examined Life?p. 3
George's Failed Quest for Happiness: An Aristotelian Anaylsisp. 15
Elaine Benes: Feminist Icon or Just One of the Boys?p. 27
Kramer and Kierkegaard: Stages on Life's Wayp. 38
Seinfeld and the Philosophersp. 59
Making Something out of Nothing: Seinfeld, Sophistry, and the Taop. 61
Plato or Nietzsche?: Time, Essence, and Eternal Recurrence in Seinfeldp. 71
Seinfeld, Subjectivity, and Sartrep. 90
Wittgenstein and Seinfeld on the Commonplacep. 109
Untimely Mediations by the Water Coolerp. 119
The Costanza Maneuver: Is it Rational for George to "Do the Opposite"?p. 121
Peterman and the Ideological Mind: Paradoxes of Subjectivityp. 139
The Secret of Seinfeld's Humor: The Significance of the Insignificantp. 148
Is there Anything Wrong with That?p. 161
Seinfeld and the Moral Lifep. 163
Virtue Ethics and TV's Seinfeldp. 175
The Final Episode: Is Doing Nothing Something?p. 183
What's the deal with Episode Lists? Episode Guidep. 193
Who are these Philosophers? A Chronology of Some Big-Time Philosophersp. 199
Who are these People? Notes on the Script Writers, aka the Contributors to This Volumep. 207
Index of Everythingp. 211
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