Psych and Philosophy: Some Dark Juju-Magumbo

Psych and Philosophy: Some Dark Juju-Magumbo

Psych and Philosophy: Some Dark Juju-Magumbo

Psych and Philosophy: Some Dark Juju-Magumbo

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Overview

“I’m getting something,” says Shawn, assuming a look of intense concentration and pressing his fingertips to the sides of his head. Shawn Spencer uses lies, pretense, and distraction to get at the truth. But can pseudoscience and fakery really be so helpful? And if they can be, is it ethical to employ them?
Psych and Philosophy takes an entertaining tour through the philosophical issues raised by a fake psychic. Can faulty logic get to the truth quicker than good logic? Are other people to blame for Shawn’s deceptions, because they’re more ready to credit him with supernatural powers than with superior natural powers? Is instinct more important than smart thinking—in police work and in life? Is it ethical to tell lies to promote the truth (and protect the public from criminals)?
Almost every episode of Psych revolves around a grisly death, treated humorously by the repartee between Shawn and Gus. The show has much to tell us about human ways of coping with death, as well as about the problem of justified knowledge, the ethics of law enforcement, and the interaction of love, friendship, loyalty, and professionalism.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780812698251
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company
Publication date: 08/06/2013
Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy , #75
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 966,844
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Robert Arp is author and editor of numerous books, book chapters, and articles on philosophy and philosophy and pop culture. He currently works as a data analyst with the US Army.

Table of Contents

This Is the Introduction … But I Knew that You Knew That Already Robert Arp ix

I In Between the Lines

1 I've Heard It Both Ways Nicolas Michaud 3

2 What's the Story? Michael J. Muniz 15

3 Why Phsysics Beats Science Cynthia Jones 25

II Quite the Talent You Have There 35

4 Thin-Slicing through All the Baloney Daniel Yim 37

5 Cocky Confidence Versus Careful Conviction Graham D. Senor Thomas D. Senor 49

6 Should the Police Hire a Psychic Detective? Laura Guidry-Grimes 59

III Thus Spoke Shawn Spencer 69

7 The Three Metamorphoses of Shawn Daniel P. Malloy 71

8 The Overman Is Available for Hugs Roberto Ruiz 81

IV Psych You Out in the End 91

9 Psychic or Psycho? Benjamin McCraw 93

10 The Bigger the Lie, the More People Will Believe It James Edwin Mahon Cristina Ceballos 103

11 Do You Remember that You Don't Remember? Skyler King 113

V Embrace the Deception 123

12 Lying for Justice James Rocha 125

13 Shawn's Hocus Pocus Hokum Jeffrey E. Stephenson 135

14 I Know You Know that I'm Not Telling the Truth Gregory L. Bock Jeffrey L. Bock 145

VI I Know You Know 157

15 Duped into the Truth Ronda Bowen 159

16 Shawn the Perfect Pragmatist Amanda K. Lusky 169

17 A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That, and a Whole Lotta Knowledge Courtland Lewis 179

VII Some Dark Juju-Magumbo 191

18 The Fool Who Fools Fools Dena Hurst 193

19 Too Good to Be True Courtney Neal 201

20 Exploiting the Supernatural Jeff Ewing 209

VIII Learn How to Bend 217

21 From a Death to a Blooper John M. Thompson 219

22 What Friends Are For Patricia Brace 231

23 Shawn Reborn C. Scott Sevier 241

24 The Amazing Psych-Man Versus the Sexist Mentalist Mona Rocha 249

Psycho Psychics 261

The (I Know You) Know-It-Alls 273

Index 281

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