The Daily Show and Philosophy

Jason Holt is Assistant Professor at Acadia University. He is author of Blindsight and the Nature of Consciousness (2003).

Acknowledgements. Introduction: Great Book, or the Greatest Book?. Segment One: Headlines: Faux News is Good News: . 1. Amusing Ourselves to Death with Television News: Jon Stewart, Neil Postman, and the Huxleyan Warning: Gerald J. Erion (Medaille College). 2. The Fake, the False, and the Fictional: The Daily Show as News Source: Michael Gettings (Hollins University). 3. The Fake News as the Fifth Estate: Rachael Sotos (New School for General Studies). 4. The Good, the Bad, and The Daily Show: Jason Zinser (Florida State University). Segment Two: Correspondent's Report: Jon Stewart (Not Mill) as Philosopher, Sort Of: . 5. Jon Stewart and the New Public Intellectual: Terrance MacMullan (Eastern Washington University). 6. Stewart and Socrates: Speaking Truth to Power: Judith Barad (Indiana State University). 7. Can The Daily Show Save Democracy? Jon Stewart as the Gadfly of Gotham: Steven Michels and Michael Ventimiglia (Buffalo State College and Sacred Heart University). 8. Jon the Cynic: Dog Philosophy 101: Alejandro Barcenas (University of Hawaii at Manoa). Segment Three: Regular Feature: Critical Thinking and the War on Bullshit: . 9. Public Discourse and the Stewart Model of Critical Thinking: Roben Torosyan (Fairfield University). 10. The Daily Show's Expose of Political Rhetoric: Liam P. Dempsey (Dalhousie University). 11. Bullshit and Political Spin: Is the Medium the Massage?: Kimberly A. Blessing and Joseph J. Marren (both Buffalo State College). 12. Bullshitting Bullshitters and the Bullshit They Say: Andrew Sneddon (University of Ottawa). Segment Four: Interview: Religion, God, and Darwin: . 13. The Challenge of Religious Diversity in "This Week in God": Matthew S. Lopresti (Hawaii Pacific University). 14. Contingency, Irony, and "This Week in God": Brad Frazier (Lee University). 15. Evolution, Schmevolution: Jon Stewart and the Culture Wars: Massimo Pigliucci (Stony Brook University). Segment Five: Checking in with Stephen Colbert/Your Moment of Zen: Beyond The Daily Show: . 16. America (The Book): Textbook Parody and Democratic Theory: Steve Vanderheiden (University of Minnesota Duluth). 17. The Daily Show/Colbert Report Guide to Neologizing: Jason Holt (Acadia University). 18. Truthiness, Self-Deception, and Intuitive Knowledge: Amber L. Griffioen (University of Iowa). 19. Stephen Colbert, Irony, and Speaking Truthiness to Power: Kevin S. Decker (Eastern Washington University). Senior Philosophical Correspondents. Index