Stephen Colbert and Philosophy - Aaron Allen Schiller [139]
reductio ad absurdum
reference
relativism; and truth
relief theory of humor
religion
Renaissance, the
Republicans
Riezler, Kurt
rights, in ethics; and responsibility
Rivera, Geraldo
Rocca, Mo
Rock, Chris
Rooney, Andy
Roosevelt, Theodore
Rossellini, Isabella; Green Porno (short film series)
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Rove, Karl
Ruddick, Sara
Russell, Bertrand: The Philosophy of Logical Atomism (book)
Safire, William
Sagan, Carl
said versus implied
San Francisco Zoo
Sandinistas
Saturday Night Live
Schaller, Thomas
Schultz, Howard
Schultz, Max
science
self-overcoming
self-perfection
semantics
Semel, Terry, CEO of Yahoo!
Sestak, Joe
sex: there are no salacious references in this book
Sextus Empiricus
Shakespeare, William
Shakur, Tupac
Shinto
Singer, Peter: The President of Good and Evil (book); How Are We to Live? (book)
Sisyphus
60 Minutes
Skeptical Inquirer (magazine)
skepticism; see, Indian skepticism, Modern skepticism, and Pyrrhonian skepticism
Skyrms, Brian; The Evolution of the Social Contract (book)
Slaughter, Sheila, and Gary Rhoades: Academic Capitalism and the New Economy
slave morality
Smith, Adam; The Wealth of Nations
Smithsonian, The
Socrates; against privatization; as a social critic; and the Apology
South Carolina Democratic Executive Council
South Park
Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos
Spider-Man (movie)
Spongebob Squarepants
spot check test
Starbucks
stem cell research
Stephanopoulos, George
Stephen T. Colbert Award for the Literary Excellence
Stevens, Ted
Stewart, Jon
Stipe, Michael
Strangers with Candy (tv show)
Streatfield, Dominic: Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography
subjectivity
super-man, the; Nietzsche’s concept of
superiority theory of humor
superstantial
supply and demand
supply-side economics
Suskind, Ron
Talking Points Memo (blog)
Ten Commandments
Tenet, George
terrorists
testimony as a source of justified belief
TGI Friday’s
Thatcher, Margaret
thinking with the gut; defended
Thoreau, Henry David: Walden
Thucydides
Time-Warner
Today (TV show)
Torre, Joe
torture
Thrasymachus
trickle-down economics
truth; being oriented towards; on the duty to tell the truth; relativism; speaking the truth, see parrhesia
truthiness; defended; and dogmatism; the failure of Colbert’s war on ; as one part of the orientation towards truth; as a reaction to political skepticism; as trusting in your gut; as useful for wading through bullshit; as a way to deny responsibility; as wishful thinking
truth-seeking
utilitarianism
Viacom
Virginia Tech
Voegelin, Eric
Wall Street
WalMart
War on Christmas, The
War on Terror, The
Washington, George
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary
Werner, John
Western Pinebark Beetle
Westmoreland, Lynn
White House Press Correspondents’ Dinner (2006)
Whitehead, Alfred North
Whyte, Jamie: Crimes Against Logic (book)
Wie, Michelle
Wikiality: The Truthiness Encyclopedia (website)
wikiality
Wikipedia
Wiley, Dick, President of PHEAA
will-to-power
Willers, Bill
Willie Nelson’s Country Peach Cobbler (ice cream)
Wilson, E.O.: The Future of Life
Winsome, P.K.
wishful thinking
Wittgenstein, Ludwig; Philosophical Investigations
Wynn, Albert
WMD
Wolf, Naomi; The End of America
women’s softball between Central Washington University and Western Oregon University
Writers Guild of America strike (2007-2008)
Yarmuth, John
Zimbardo, Philip: The Lucifer Effect (book)
1
Episode 1001, originally aired October 17th, 2005.
2
Are you reading this in a bookstore? Look up. There’s one now!
3
‘Agree to disagree’ is probably the worst phrase ever coined in the English language.
4
Episode 29, “Conspiracy Theories.”
5
When philosophers say “the way the world is” they mean “the way the universe is.” They’re talking about everything that exists.