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Monty Python and Philosophy

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by Gary L. Hardcastle


  and Wittgenstein

  “The Bruces’ Philosophers Song,”

  Buddha

  on atman

  on happiness

  on suffering

  Buddhaghosa

  Buddhism

  Calvin, John

  Cameron, A. David

  Campbell, Joseph

  Transformations of Myth through Time

  Camus, Albert

  on the absurd

  on lying

  The Myth of Sisyphus

  The Plague

  on Sisyphus

  The Stranger

  Carlin, George

  Carnap, Rudolf

  on Heidegger

  on nonsense

  Carter, Jimmy

  Castro, Fidel

  Chapman, Graham

  in Monty Python and The Holy Grail

  in Monty Python’s Life of Brian

  in Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life

  as straight man

  Child’s Play (movie)

  Cleese, John

  as Black Knight

  as Chairbruce

  in Monty Python and The Holy Grail

  in Monty Python’s Flying Circus

  in Monty Python’s Life of Brian

  in Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life

  as Sir Launcelot

  as straight man

  Cleveland, Carol

  clown

  Cohen (Maximus), Brian. See Brian

  comedy

  disgust in

  misunderstanding of

  as threat

  versus horror

  “the Comic” (Bergson)

  conceivable versus possible

  conceptual schemes

  Concorde (in Monty Python and The Holy Grail)

  continental philosophy

  Creosote, Mr. (in Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life)

  appearance of

  behavior of

  as clown

  as monster

  retributive laughter at

  as slapstick

  Dante Alighieri

  Inferno

  Darwin, Charles

  death, and meaning of life

  Dennis (in Monty Python’s Life of Brian)

  deontology

  Derrida, Jacques

  Descartes, René

  doctrine of the mean

  Duns Scotus

  Eco, Umberto

  The Name of the Rose

  Edward, King

  eight-fold path

  Einstein, Albert

  The World as I See It

  eliminative comedyism

  eliminative materialism

  the Enlightenment

  Ensor, James

  Eschenbach, Wolfram von

  ethics

  care

  traditional masculine

  Euthyphro

  Eve (Biblical)

  existentialism

  as individual centered

  on lying

  and meaning of life

  existentialist humanism

  existentialist literature

  expressing, as human concept

  Fielding, Henry

  Figgis, Arthur (Monty Python character)

  fool, as literary device

  Foucault, Michel

  Madness and Civilization

  on madness

  on psychiatry

  Four Noble Truths

  Frank, Philipp

  Frankenstein’s monster

  Franklin, Aretha

  Galahad the Chaste, Sir (in Monty Python and The Holy Grail)

  Gilliam, Terry

  in Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life

  gluttony

  God

  Christian theory of

  death of

  and justice

  laughing at

  nationality of

  and philosophy

  and praise

  and reproduction

  Goodman, Nelson

  Gotama, Siddattha

  Gregory the Great, Pope

  Guevara, Ernesto

  Guinevere

  Hahn, Hans

  Hamlet

  Hanson, Norwood Russell

  hedonism

  Hegel, Georg

  Heidegger, Martin

  and nonsense

  Hell in Christian tradition

  Hempel, Carl

  Herbert, Prince (in Monty Python and The Holy Grail)

  heresy

  versus blasphemy

  Hindu philosophy

  Hobbes, Thomas

  holism

  Holmes, Sherlock

  Holy Grail mythology

  Homer

  Horatio

  humanism

  existentialist

  theistic

  Hume, David

  on Argument from Design

  Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

  An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

  on gossip

  Natural History of Religion

  “Of Miracles,”

  on philosophy

  types of

  on religious belief

  humor

  and absurdity

  truth in

  versus horror

  Idle, Eric

  in Monty Python’s Flying Circus

  in Monty Python and The Holy Grail

  in Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life

  In Living Color (TV show)

  James, William

  Jaspers, Karl

  Jaws (movie)

  Jefferson, Thomas

  Jenkins, Mr. (Monty Python character)

  Jesus

  humanism of

  miracles of

  Monty Python references to

  Job (Biblical)

  Jones, Terry

  in Monty Python and The Holy Grail

  in Monty Python’s Flying Circus

  in Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life

  as Mr. Creosote

  as New Bruce

  Judith (in Monty Python’s Life of Brian)

  Kafka, Franz

  “The Metamorphosis,”

  Kant, Immanuel

  Kass, Leon

  Kaufman, Andy

  Kids in the Hall (TV show)

  Kierkegaard, Søren

  King, Stephen

  Knights of the Round Table

  Krishna

  Kuhn, Thomas

  Lane, Bob

  language, and world

  laughter

  and intelligence

  as liberating

  retributive/vindictive

  Launcelot, Sir (in Monty Python and The Holy Grail)

  Law of Excluded Middle

  Lazarus (Biblical)

  life, as journey

  logical positivism

  revolt against

  Lucky, Princess (in Monty Python and The Holy Grail)

  Luther, Martin

  madness, history of

  Magritte, René

  Malory, Sir Thomas

  Mandy (in Monty Python’s Life of Brian)

  Mao Zedong

  marketplace

  limitations of

  role of

  Martin, Steve

  Marx, Karl H.

  Marxism

  Meaning-as-Use Principle

  meaning of life

  axial view

  metaphysics, revolt against

  Meursault (Camus character)

  Middle Way

  Mill, John Stuart

  mindfulness

  miracles, in Christianity

  monster, in horror fiction

  Monty Python

  absurdism in

  academic backgrounds of

  on alienation

  “All Things Dull and Ugly” hymn

  and analytic philosophy

  animals in

  and British class-consciousness

  Bruces in

  and conceptual schemes

  Contract
ual Obligation Album

  as countercultural

  dark humor in

  and existentialism

  and God

  and the grotesque

  on idiocy

  influence of, in popular culture

  influences on

  and language philosophy

  madness in

  and Marxism

  members of

  Ministry of Silly Walks

  and nihilism

  and nonsense

  on ordinary language philosophy

  and philosophy

  Sartre in

  self-reflexivity in

  on stereotypes

  and Wittgenstein

  Monty Python and The Holy Grail (movie)

  and analytic philosophy

  Black Knight in

  Castle Anthrax in

  Concorde in

  cultural context of

  God in

  and heroic virtues

  holism in

  Holy Hand Grenade in

  homoeroticism in

  killer rabbit in

  King Arthur in

  masculine ethics in

  mythological sources for

  on patriarchy

  Patsy in

  Prince Herbert in

  Princess Lucky in

  religious superstition in

  Sir Bedevere in

  Sir Galahad in

  Sir Launcelot in

  Sir Robin in

  witch scene in

  Zoot in

  Monty Python’s Flying Circus

  “Argument Clinic” sketch

  on bureaucratic insanity

  “Cheese Shop” sketch

  and choice, limits of

  the Colonel in

  “Communist Quiz” sketch

  complaints about

  “Complaints” sketch

  “Dead Parrot” sketch

  “Dull Life of a City Stockbroker” sketch

  “The Epilogue: A Question of Belief” sketch

  and existentialism

  “Fish License” sketch

  “Gestures to Indicate Pauses in a Televised Talk” sketch

  Gumby character in

  “Hell’s Granny” sketch

  “Hermits” sketch

  hijacking sketch

  “Homicidal Barber” sketch

  “The Idiot in Society” sketch

  “International Football” sketch

  “Is There Life after Death?” sketch

  “Job Hunter” sketch

  laughing at death

  madness in

  on marketplace, limitations of

  “Merchant Banker” sketch

  and negotiable ambiguity

  “No Time to Lose” sketch

  opener of

  on philosophy

  “Piston Engine (a Bargain)”

  sketch

  logical contradiction in

  and sentence meaning

  and Verification Principle

  “Police Station” sketch

  progression of

  Sartre in

  self-referentiality in

  “Spectrum: Talking about Things” sketch

  urban idiots in

  verificationism in

  “The Visitors” sketch

  Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

  “International Football” sketch

  Monty Python sketches, as thought experiments. See individual sketches under Monty Python’s Flying Circus

  Monty Python’s Life of Brian (movie)

  absurdism in

  as Biblical comedy

  on blasphemy

  on blind obedience

  Brian in

  on the Church

  cynicism in

  Dennis in

  detachment from pathos in

  and existentialism

  existentialist humanism in

  as heresy

  humanism in

  and individualism

  Jesus in

  Judith in

  Mandy in

  Reg in, criticizing Romans

  on religious hypocrisy

  and religious rules

  on religious smugness

  research for

  Simon the Hermit in

  Monty Python’s Spamalot (musical)

  Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (movie)

  “The Autumn Years,”

  “Birth,”

  Catholicism in

  on Christianity

  on church prayer

  critique of transcendentalism

  “Death,”

  on dehumanization

  fish in

  flaw of

  “The Galaxy Song,”

  God in

  the grotesque in

  “Growth and Learning,”

  Heaven in

  Hell in

  “Live Organ Transplant” sketch

  on meaning of life

  “Middle Age,”

  Mr. Creosote in

  nihilism in

  philosophy menu sketch in

  prayer in

  reductio ad absurdum arguments in

  religion in, insensitivity of

  on science and values

  sperm song

  on trivial diversions

  Moore, George Edward

  moral philosophy

  Mormons (Latter-Day Saints)

  Morris, Corbyn

  Mousebender, Mr. (Monty Python character)

  Mozart, Amadeus Wolfgang

  Myers, Mike

  Neurath, Otto

  New Bruce (Monty Python character)

  Newton, Sir Isaac

  Nichols, Mike

  Nietzsche, Friedrich

  on Christianity

  on God

  on Jesus

  madman of

  on meaningful life

  on morality

  Will to Power

  nihilism

  nonsense

  in comedy

  philosophy on

  O’Nassis, Kevin (Monty Python character)

  Ontological Argument

  ordinary language philosophy

  drawback of

  Orford, Earl of, Robert

  Palin, Michael

  as a Bruce

  in Monty Python and The Holy Grail

  in Monty Python’s Flying Circus

  in Monty Python’s Life of Brian

  in Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life

  and ordinary language philosophy

  Parmenides

  Parzival

  Pascal, Blaise

  Pascal’s Wager

  paticca samuppada

  Paul (Biblical)

  philosophical argument, method of

  philosophical examples, value of

  philosophical sentences

  philosophy

  analytic

  as bad comedy

  continental

  and God

  history of

  on nonsense

  and political circumstances

  and popular culture

  of religion

  and social forces

  in twentieth-century Britain analysis of language in

  Plato

  Apology

  Euthyphro

  Phaedo

  Republic

  Popper, Karl Raimund

  Porter, Roy

  Postmodernism Generator

  post-positivists

  Potthapada sutta

  Protestant Reformation, and contraception

  Pryor, Richard

  Putnam, Hilary

  The Pythons: Autobiography by the Pythons (book)

  Quine, W.V.

  From a Logical Point of View

  Rambo (movie)

  Rawls, John

  reflective equilibrium

  religion, and rules

  religious belief and superstition

  ressentiment


  Rhees, Rush

  Rieux, Dr. (Camus character)

  Rimbaud, Arthur

  Robin, Sir (in Monty Python and The Holy Grail)

  rule utilitarianism

  Russell, Bertrand

  Our Knowledge of the External World

  Ryle, Gilbert

  Samsa, Gregor

  Sartre, Jean-Paul

  Monty Python references to

  No Exit

  on past choices

  sati

  Saturday Night Live (TV show)

  Schlick, Moritz

  science, and nihilism

  The Sedition Act

  semantic holism

  semantic reductionism

  sense data

  sentences, meaning in usage

  Sermon on the Plain

  Schlegel, Friedrich von

  Schopenhauer, Arthur

  Shakespeare, William

  Hamlet

  King Lear

  Simpson, Homer

  The Simpsons (TV show)

  Singer, Peter

  Sisyphus

  Smith, Adam

  The Wealth of Nations

  Socrates

  on blasphemy

  on death

  on God

  Solomon, Robert C.

  Stallone, Sylvester

  Stand By Me (movie)

  Strawson, Sir Peter F.

  Thales

  theology

  Theravada Buddhism

  Thomson, Judith Jarvis

  thought experiments

  limitations of

  Tipitika scriptures

  transcendentalism

  Troyes, Chretien de

  Upanishads

  use-mention distinction

  utilitairianism

  verifiability criterion

  verificationism

  Verification Principle

  Very Big Corporation of America (in Monty Python sketch)

  Vienna Circle

  “village idiot,” as label

  virtue theory

  The Vision of the Golden Rump

  Walpole, Sir Robert

  Washington, George

  Whitehead, Alfred North

  William of Baskerville

  Wittgenstein, Ludwig

  on animals and language

  cult of

  early

  on jokes

  on language

  on language games

  later

  on nonsense

  On Certainty

  Philosophical Investigations

  on philosophical sentences

  on philosophy

  Remarks on Colour

  on sentence meaning

  on sentences

  Tractatus

  Wood, S.H.

  Young, Jimmy

  Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (book)

  1 According, at least, to David Edmonds and John Eidinow, Wittgenstein’s Poker: the Story of a Ten-Minute Argument between Two Great Philosophers (New York: Harper Collins, 2001).

 

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