Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Philosophy for Heroes Aaron Allen Schiller xi
First Segment The Word: First Principles of Colbertian Philosophy 1
1 Colbert, Truthiness, and Thinking from the Gut David Kyle Johnson 3
2 Formidable Opponent and the Necessity of Moral Doubt Steven Gimbel 19
3 Things that Make You Go "What?" Roben Torosyan 29
4 Philosophy at Play Rachael Sotos 51
5 No Need for the Wordinistas at Webster's Jason Southworth 63
Second Segment The ThreatDown: Truthiness 75
6 Truth, Truthiness, and Bullshit for the American Voter Matthew F. Pierlott 77
7 Truthiness of the Appearances Ethan Mills 95
8 "The Word": Fearless Speech and the Politics of Language Michael Tiboris Kory Schaff 115
9 Philosophy in the Age of Truthiness David Detmer 131
Third Segment Better Know a Philosopher 143
10 Is Stephen Colbert America's Socrates? Mark Ralkowski 145
11 Why Is Stephen Colbert So Funny? Sophia Stone 163
12 Where Id Was, There Stephen Colbert Shall Be! Brad Frazier 179
13 Why Mr. Colbert Should Be President Nicolas Michaud 195
Final Segment What Colbert Tells Us about Being America 205
14 Colorblindness and Black Friends in Stephen Colbert's America Aaron Allen Schiller 207
15 The Wealth of Colbert Nations Kurt Smith 223
16 Freedom Isn't Free, but Freem Is Michael F. Patton, Jr. Samantha Webb 245
Take the Ishihara Race Test: See if You Are Colorblind Like Stephen! John Jacobson Jeffrey Gauthier 259
Citizens of the Colbert Nation 263
Factinista's Choice 269
