How I Met Your Mother and Philosophy: Being and Awesomeness Edited by Lorenzo von Matterhorn.
About this Book - Buy Book - Click Here - Like philosophy itself, How I Met Your Mother has everyone thinking. Have you ever wondered why you identify so strongly with Barney despite the fact that he's such a douche? Download full PDF - Click Here
Or why your life story doesn't make sense until you know the ending--or at least, the middle?
Or where the Bro Code came from and why it's so powerful?
How I Met Your Mother and Philosophy answers all these questions and a whole lot more. Twenty of the awesome-est philosophers ever congregated in one bar have come together to quaff a few drinks and analyze this most awesomely philosophical of sit-coms. Download PDF
They poke, prod, and sniff at the misdeeds of Goliath National Bank, the ontology of waiting to get slapped, the epistemology of sexual attraction, why the Platinum Rule is to never love thy neighbor, the authenticity of censoring yourself, why future Ted's opinions matter to present-day Ted, and whether it's irrational to wait for the Slutty Pumpkin. This book shows that viewers of How I Met Your Mother and Philosophy know that philosophy is much more than a song and dance routine. Read More
About the Author -
A professor of philosophy at the University of Antwerp in Belgium and a senior research associate at Peterhouse College at Cambridge University go by the pseudonym Lorenzo von Matterhorn (UK). Between Perception and Action and Aesthetics as Philosophy of Perception, both of which will be published in 2013 by Oxford University Press, are both written by him.
He is also the editor of Perceiving the World (Oxford University Press, 2010). He was well-known as a film critic before he decided to devote his time to philosophy. He has served on the juries of several important international film festivals. He has residences in Cambridge, England, and Antwerp, Belgium.
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