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I Watch, Therefore I Am

From Socrates to Sartre, the Great Mysteries of Life as Explained Through Howdy Doody, Marcia Brady, Homer Simpson, Don Draper, and Other TV Icons

By Gregory Bergman and Peter Archer

Format: Paperback

SKU# Y3023

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Let Gilligan's Island teach you about situational ethics.
Learn about epistemology from The Brady Bunch.
Explore Aristotle's Poetics by watching 24.

Television has grappled with a wide range of philosophical conundrums. According to the networks, it's the ultimate source of all knowledge in the universe! So why not look to the small screen for answers to all of humanity's dilemmas?

There's not a single issue discussed by the great thinkers of the past that hasn't been hashed out between commercials in shows like Mad Men and Leave It to Beaver. So fix yourself a snack, settle into the couch, grab the remote . . . and prepare to be enlightened.

Writer, comedian, and longtime couch potato Gregory Bergman is the author of the bestselling WTF? humor series as well as five additional books. He published his first book, The Little Book of Bathroom Philosophy, while studying philosophy at Hunter College. When he is not writing or performing stand-up, he watches TV--a lot.

Peter Archer is an editor at Adams Media and the author of The Quotable Intellectual.

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SKU Y3023
Author/Speaker/Editor Gregory Bergman and Peter Archer
File/Trim Size 5-1/2 x 7-1/2
Format Paperback
ISBN 13 9781440512414
Number Of Pages 256

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