An unauthorized look at the philosophical issues raised by one of today's most popular television shows: House House is one of the top three television dramas on the air, pulling in more than 19 million viewers for each episode. This latest book in the popular Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series takes a deeper look at the characters and issues raised in this Emmy Award-winning medical drama, offering entertaining answers to the fascinating ethical questions viewers have about Dr. Gregory House and his medical team. Henry Jacoby (Goldsboro, NC) teaches philosophy at East Carolina University. He has published articles primarily on the philosophy of mind and was a contributor to South Park and Philosophy (978-1-4051-6160-2).

House and Philosophy: Everybody Lies

Humor & Entertainment

Jacoby, Henry

Television

wiley

The Bureaucratization of the World

Business & Money

University of California Press

This book demonstrates how robust and evolving science can be relevant to public discourse about climate policy. Fighting climate change is the ultimate societal challenge, and the difficulty is not just in the wrenching adjustments required to cut greenhouse emissions and to respond to change already under way. A second and equally important difficulty is ensuring widespread public understanding of the natural and social science. This understanding is essential for an effective risk management strategy at a planetary scale. The scientific, economic, and policy aspects of climate change are already a challenge to communicate, without factoring in the distractions and deflections from organized programs of misinformation and denial. Here, four scholars, each with decades of research on the climate threat, take on the task of explaining our current understanding of the climate threat and what can be done about it, in lay language―importantly, without losing critical aspects of the natural and social science. In a series of essays, published during the 2020 presidential election, the COVID pandemic, and through the fall of 2021, they explain the essential components of the challenge, countering the forces of distrust of the science and opposition to a vigorous national response.\nEach of the essays provides an opportunity to learn about a particular aspect of climate science and policy within the complex context of current events. The overall volume is more than the sum of its individual articles. Proceeding each essay is an explanation of the context in which it was written, followed by observation of what has happened since its first publication. In addition to its discussion of topical issues in modern climate science, the book also explores science communication to a broad audience. Its authors are not only scientists – they are also teachers, using current events to teach when people are listening. For preserving Earth’s planetary life support system, science and teaching are essential. Advancing both is an unending task.

Responding to the Climate Threat: Essays on Humanity’s Greatest Challenge

Politics & Social Sciences

Yohe, Gary

Richels, Richard

Santer, Benjamin

Social Sciences

Springer

- ¿Exageramos con eso de portarnos bien? - ¿Realmente somos sólo unos animales evolucionados, egoístas, que vagamos por la Tierra y nuestra existencia no tienen ningún significado? - ¿Sería mejor leer menos y ver más televisión? - ¿Es HOUSE un maestreo de la filosofía occidental o simplemente un perfecto sangrón? Podría decirse que el doctor Gregory House es el antihéroe más desafiante y complejo en toda la historia de la televisión, pero ¿existe algo más que materia gris y ego para este genio engreído? Esta obra analiza la serie Dr. House con el fin de explicar sus bases filosóficas y la conducta extravagante de su protagonista gruñón. Se trata de un personaje compuesto por pedazos de Sherlock Homes, Sócrates, Nietzsche y la retórica taoísta, y no es tan retorcido como uno creería. LA FILOSOFÍA DE HOUSE abarca desde Aristóteles hasta el Zen. Fascinará a los devotos de este genio misántropo y su equipo en el Hospital Princeton-Plainsboro.

La Filosofía de HOUSE: Todos Mienten (Interes General / General Interest) (Spanish Edition)

Irwin,William

Selector, S.A. de C.V.

Si las series de television son ideales para el analisis filosofico, Juego de tronos lo es por partida doble. En Westeros y mas alla del Mar Angosto, el mundo de George R.R. Martin esta repleto de docenas de personajes complejos en conflicto con ellos mismos y en lucha con otros, dudando de si mismos, abocados al riesgo moral, al engano, a la incertidumbre, a la arrogancia y a la agitacion social y politica. Mientras los Siete Reinos estan en guerra, mas alla del Muro, los horrores del invierno se acercan. Muy lejos, una joven reina lucha con su destino mientras viaja para recuperar su hogar. Todo esto es sabido, pero esta guia perspicaz se basa en las obras de Maquiavelo, Hobbes, Descartes, San Agustin, Platon, Aristoteles y muchos otros grandes filosofos para analizar los personajes y argumentos clave, mientras explora temas como la guerra, el honor, el conocimiento, la moral, la teoria de genero y mucho mas de una manera tan amena como sorprendente. / This book delves into the many philosophical questions that arise in the Game of Thrones series, including: Is it right for a ""good"" king to usurp a ""bad"" one and murder his family? In a fantasy universe with medieval morals and ethics, can female characters reflect modern feminist ideals?

Juego de tronos y la filosofía (Spanish Edition)

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