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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