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The Good Wife
and Philosophy

Popular Culture and Philosophy Series Editor: George A. Reisch

VOLUME 1Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing (2000)

VOLUME 2The Simpsons and Philosophy: The Doh! of Homer (2001)

VOLUME 3The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real (2002)

VOLUME 4Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale (2003)

VOLUME 5The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy: One Book to Rule Them All (2003)

VOLUME 9Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts (2004)

VOLUME 12Star Wars and Philosophy: More Powerful than You Can Possibly Imagine (2005)

VOLUME 13Superheroes and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way (2005)

VOLUME 19Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think! (2006)

VOLUME 25The Beatles and Philosophy: Nothing You Can Think that Cant Be Thunk (2006)

VOLUME 26South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating (2007)

VOLUME 30Pink Floyd and Philosophy: Careful with that Axiom, Eugene! (2007)

VOLUME 31Johnny Cash and Philosophy: The Burning Ring of Truth (2008)

VOLUME 33Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Mission Accomplished or Mission Frakked Up? (2008)

VOLUME 34iPod and Philosophy: iCon of an ePoch (2008)

VOLUME 35Star Trek and Philosophy: The Wrath of Kant (2008)

VOLUME 36The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy: I Link Therefore I Am (2008)

VOLUME 37The Wizard of Oz and Philosophy: Wicked Wisdom of the West (2008)

VOLUME 38Radiohead and Philosophy: Fitter Happier More Deductive (2009)

VOLUME 39Jimmy Buffett and Philosophy: The Porpoise Driven Life (2009) Edited by Erin McKenna and Scott L. Pratt

VOLUME 41Stephen Colbert and Philosophy: I Am Philosophy (And So Can You!) (2009) Edited by Aaron Allen Schiller

VOLUME 42Supervillains and Philosophy: Sometimes, Evil Is Its Own Reward (2009) Edited by Ben Dyer

VOLUME 43The Golden Compass and Philosophy: God Bites the Dust (2009) Edited by Richard Greene and Rachel Robison

VOLUME 44Led Zeppelin and Philosophy: All Will Be Revealed (2009) Edited by Scott Calef

VOLUME 45World of Warcraft and Philosophy: Wrath of the Philosopher King (2009) Edited by Luke Cuddy and John Nordlinger

Volume 46Mr. Monk and Philosophy: The Curious Case of the Defective Detective (2010) Edited by D.E. Wittkower

Volume 47Anime and Philosophy: Wide Eyed Wonder (2010) Edited by Josef Steiff and Tristan D. Tamplin

VOLUME 48The Red Sox and Philosophy: Green Monster Meditations (2010) Edited by Michael Macomber

VOLUME 49Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy: New Life for the Undead (2010) Edited by Richard Greene and K. Silem Mohammad

VOLUME 50Facebook and Philosophy: Whats on Your Mind? (2010) Edited by D.E. Wittkower

VOLUME 51Soccer and Philosophy: Beautiful Thoughts on the Beautiful Game (2010) Edited by Ted Richards

VOLUME 52Manga and Philosophy: Full-metal Metaphysician (2010) Edited by Josef Steiff and Adam Barkman

VOLUME 53Martial Arts and Philosophy: Beating and Nothingness (2010) Edited by Graham Priest and Damon Young

VOLUME 54The Onion and Philosophy: Fake News Story True, Alleges Indignant Area Professor (2010) Edited by Sharon M. Kaye

VOLUME 55Doctor Who and Philosophy: Bigger on the Inside (2010) Edited by Courtland Lewis and Paula Smithka

VOLUME 56Dune and Philosophy: Weirding Way of the Mentat (2011) Edited by Jeffery Nicholas

VOLUME 57Rush and Philosophy: Heart and Mind United (2011) Edited by Jim Berti and Durrell Bowman

VOLUME 58Dexter and Philosophy: Mind over Spatter (2011) Edited by Richard Greene, George A. Reisch, and Rachel Robison-Greene

VOLUME 59Halo and Philosophy: Intellect Evolved (2011) Edited by Luke Cuddy

VOLUME 60SpongeBob SquarePants and Philosophy: Soaking Up Secrets Under the Sea! (2011) Edited by Joseph J. Foy

VOLUME 61Sherlock Holmes and Philosophy: The Footprints of a Gigantic Mind (2011) Edited by Josef Steiff

VOLUME 62Inception and Philosophy: Ideas to Die For (2011) Edited by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein

VOLUME 63Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits? (2011) Edited by D.E. Wittkower

VOLUME 64The Rolling Stones and Philosophy: Its Just a Thought Away (2012) Edited by Luke Dick and George A. Reisch

VOLUME 65Chuck Klosterman and Philosophy: The Real and the Cereal (2012) Edited by Seth Vannatta

VOLUME 66Neil Gaiman and Philosophy: Gods Gone Wild! (2012) Edited by Tracy L. Bealer, Rachel Luria, and Wayne Yuen

VOLUME 67Breaking Bad and Philosophy: Badder Living through Chemistry (2012) Edited by David R. Koepsell and Robert Arp

VOLUME 68The Walking Dead and Philosophy: Zombie Apocalypse Now (2012) Edited by Wayne Yuen

VOLUME 69Curb Your Enthusiasm and Philosophy: Awaken the Social Assassin Within (2012) Edited by Mark Ralkowski

VOLUME 70Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy: Raiding the Temple of Wisdom (2012) Edited by Jon Cogburn and Mark Silcox

VOLUME 71The Catcher in the Rye and Philosophy: A Book for Bastards, Morons, and Madmen (2012) Edited by Keith Dromm and Heather Salter

VOLUME 72Jeopardy! and Philosophy: What Is Knowledge in the Form of a Question? (2012) Edited by Shaun P. Young

VOLUME 73The Wire and Philosophy: This America, Man (2013) Edited by David Bzdak, Joanna Crosby, and Seth Vannatta

VOLUME 74Planet of the Apes and Philosophy: Great Apes Think Alike (2013) Edited by John Huss

VOLUME 75Psych and Philosophy: Some Dark Juju-Magumbo (2013) Edited by Robert Arp

VOLUME 76The Good Wife and Philosophy: Temptations of Saint Alicia (2013) Edited by Kimberly Baltzer-Jaray and Robert Arp

IN PREPARATION:

Boardwalk Empire and Philosophy (2013) Edited by Richard Greene and Rachel Robison-Greene

Futurama and Philosophy (2013) Edited by Courtland Lewis and Shaun P. Young

Enders Game and Philosophy: Genocide Is Childs Play (2013) Edited by D.E. Wittkower and Lucinda Rush

Frankenstein and Philosophy (2013) Edited by Nicolas Michaud

How I Met Your Mother and Philosophy (2014) Edited by Lorenzo von Matterhorn

Jurassic Park and Philosophy (2014) Edited by Nicolas Michaud

Justified and Philosophy (2014) Edited by Rod Carveth

For full details of all Popular Culture and Philosophy books, visit www.opencourtbooks.com.

Volume 76 in the series, Popular Culture and Philosophy, edited by George A. Reisch

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