House and Philosophy: Everybody Lies (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series)
by Henry Jacoby
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Author: Henry JacobyEditor: William Irwin
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-12-03
ISBN: 0470316608
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Wiley
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Book Review: Everybody loves somebody sometime, except you know who.
Summary: 4 Stars
Most interesting to me were the bits comparing House with Sherlock Holmes. Commonalities include love of puzzle solving, house breaking, using Macchiavellian means to get at the truth, drug use, and deductive abilities. 'Your skin is orange, that means your wife is having an affair.'
My favorite parts were the chapter on love, and the chapter on friendship by Sara Protasi, and Sara Waller respectively. I also liked the ones on Sartre, and the Ubermensch.
Although some mention is made of the Socratic Method, it would need to be explained in more detail.
On the matter of Detective Tritter, which was one of my favorite parts in the series, it does not draw any analogy between House's behavior and the Trial of Socrates, even though House seems hell bent on his own destruction, much the way Socrates was.
Even though Socrates could have escaped, his apology was so bad that more people voted for his death than voted to convict him for his crime. So he took the hemlock.
It would be interesting to see the writers of this book tackle Aristotle's poetics, and it's influence on drama and screen writing in future books. As some philosophers were also psychiatrists, it might also enliven the reader to have some psychological insight into the character.
Philosophy is not for everyone. If you are like me, you will like the deeper philosophical dialogue in House, and you may find this book gives you further food for thought, and a curiosity to explore even further.
It does take genius writing to portray a genius character, and I would like to commend the writers of House for the brilliant job they do. Just because House is often wrong doesn't mean he is not eventually right.
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