Psych and philosophy : some dark juju-magumbo / edited by Robert Arp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arp, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psych (Television program).

Television programs--United States.

Television programs.

United States.

Psychics--Fiction.

Psychics.

Police--Fiction.

Police.

Detective and mystery television programs.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

285 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Open Court, 2013.

Summary:

Shawn Spencer's natural abilities are too miraculous to be believed, while his simulated psychic gifts appear more credible to the good citizens of Santabarbaratown. And so, with the connivance of his best friend and his dad, Shawn makes fools of the citizenry and the police-strictly for their own good, though he too usually comes out ahead. In Psych and Philosophy, twenty-eight of our leading philosophers press their fingers to their temples and tell us they're getting something, though the spirits' voices aren't always loud and clear. In such cases, the philosophers actually have to fill in the gaps by doing some thinking of their own. Is it right to practice deception when this helps to get the truth out? Should we lie to save lives? Can it ever be justified for police departments to spend taxpayers' money on psychic investigators? Is solving crimes a science or an art? Is the supernatural a drug to tranquilize the exploited? Are the gullible as much at fault as their gullers? Do real men take bubble baths? It's all here, some of it. Book jacket.

Contents:

I In Between the Lines

1 I've Heard It Both Ways / Nicolas Michaud Michaud, Nicolas 3

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

3 Why Phsysics Beats Science / Cynthia Jones Jones, Cynthia 25

II Quite the Talent You Have There 35

4 Thin-Slicing through All the Baloney / Daniel Yim Yim, Daniel 37

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

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

III Thus Spoke Shawn Spencer 69

7 The Three Metamorphoses of Shawn / Daniel P. Malloy Malloy, Daniel P. 71

8 The Overman Is Available for Hugs / Roberto Ruiz Ruiz, Roberto 81

IV Psych You Out in the End 91

9 Psychic or Psycho? / Benjamin McCraw McCraw, Benjamin 93

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

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

V Embrace the Deception 123

12 Lying for Justice / James Rocha Rocha, James 125

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

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

VI I Know You Know 157

15 Duped into the Truth / Ronda Bowen Bowen, Ronda 159

16 Shawn the Perfect Pragmatist / Amanda K. Lusky Lusky, Amanda K. 169

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

VII Some Dark Juju-Magumbo 191

18 The Fool Who Fools Fools / Dena Hurst Hurst, Dena 193

19 Too Good to Be True / Courtney Neal Neal, Courtney 201

20 Exploiting the Supernatural / Jeff Ewing Ewing, Jeff 209

VIII Learn How to Bend 217

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

22 What Friends Are For / Patricia Brace Brace, Patricia 231

23 Shawn Reborn / C. Scott Sevier Sevier, C. Scott 241

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

ISBN:

0812698258

9780812698251

OCLC:

816564172