Family Guy and Philosophy

- Acknowledgments: These people are freakin' sweet [Acknowledgements]

- You Better Not Read This, Pal: An Introduction to Family Guy and Philosophy: J. Jeremy Wisnewski

Part I. Those Good Ole' Fashion Values on which we used to rely

1. Killing the Griffins: A Murderous Exposition of Postmodernism: J. Jeremy Wisnewski (Hartwick College)

2. Family Guy and God: Should Believers Take Offense?: Ray J. VanArragon (Bethel University)

3. Quagmire, Virtue, and Perversity: Shaun Miller (Weber State University)

4. Francis Griffin and the Church of the Holy Fonz: Religious Exclusivism and "Real" Religion: David Kyle Johnson (King's College)

Part II. Lucky there's a family guy! (And what a family!)

5. Let Us Now Praise Clueless Men: Peter Griffin and Philosophy: Jerry Samet (Brandeis University)

6. Lois: Portrait of a Mother (Or, Nevermind Death, Motherhood is a Bitch): Stephanie Empey (University of California, Riverside)

7. Mmmyez: Stewie and the Seven Deadly Sins: Sharon M. Kaye (John Carroll University)

8. The Other Children: The Significance of Meg and Chris: P. Sue Dohnimm

9. He Thinks He's People: How Brian Made Personhood for the Dogs: Daniel Malloy (Appalachian State University)

Part III. He-he-he-he-he. You expected more lyrics, but you're getting logic, comedy, and the logic of comedy

10. The Logic of Expectation: Family Guy and the Non Sequitur: Jonah P.B. Goldwater (Baruch College)

11. What Are You Laughing At (And Why)? Exploring the Humor of Family Guy: Andrew Terjesen (Washington and Lee University)

12. Thinkin' is Freakin' Sweet: Family Guy and Fallacies: Robert Arp (Florida State University)

13. The Simpsons Already Did It! This Show Is A Freakin' Rip-Off!: Shai Biderman (Boston University) and William J. Devlin (Boston University)

Part IV. Family Problems

14. Is Brian More of a "Person" than Peter? Of Wills, Wantons, and Wives: Mark D. White (College of Staten Island)

15. The Ego is a Housewife Named

J. Jeremy Wisnewski is Assistant Professor at Hartwick College. He is the author of Wittgenstein and Ethical Inquiry: A Defense of Ethics as Clarification (2007) and The Politics of Agency: Toward a Pragmatic Approach to Philosophical Anthropology (2008). He is also the editor of The Office and Philosophy (Blackwell, 2008).

"Maddening in its irreverent audacity, this book reminds me of an old girlfriend: iconoclastic and argumentative, occasionally insane but always entertaining, with a soul of which Stewie could be proud. I couldn't pull myself away!"
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"This book doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever, which obviously means it's brilliant."
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