How I Met Your Mother and Philosophy (37 page)

MacLaren's bar,
94
,
132
,
158
,
160
,
169
,
210
,
211
,
215
,
218

Marx, Karl H.,
78

“Mary the Paralegal,”
4

mermaid theory,
69
,
74

“The Mermaid Theory,”
74

“Miracles,”
33

Moore, George Edward,
183
,
189–190

Mosby, Ted,
3
,
4
,
29
,
70–71
,
76
,
78
,
87
,
93
,
103–04
,
114
,
119
,
125
,
132
,
140
,
147
,
169
,
201
,
206
; as architect,
57
,
88
,
90
,
129
,
151
,
191
; and Barney,
6–7
,
18–20
,
41
,
58–59
,
64–65
,
76
,
77
,
78
,
144
,
172
,
176–79
; Future-Ted,
81
,
82
,
85–86
,
88–90
,
98–100
,
170
,
179
,
195
,
197–202
; as Hegelian,
81–86
,
89
,
90
; and the Mother,
81
,
82
,
88
,
93–94
,
96
,
132
,
141
,
156
; as philosopher,
86
,
91–92
; and relationships,
57
,
76
,
82
,
139–140
,
151–52
,
158–162
,
197
; and Robin,
25
,
33
,
47
,
48–49
,
52
.
77
,
86–87
,
105
,
116
,
124
,
139
,
144
,
199
; and the Slutty Pumpkin,
157–163
; fear of spiders,
77

the mother of Ted's kids,
82
,
88–89
,
90–91
,
93
,
94
,
96
,
98
,
100
,
141
,
151
,
156
,
195

“Moving Day,”
6
,
45

“Mystery vs. History,”
47
,
51

Nagel, Thomas,
122

Naked Man,
37
,
40
,
185

“The Naked Man,”
8

“The Naked Truth,”
201

narrative,
22–24
,
86–93
,
196–207

“Natural History,”
198

Nietzsche, Friedrich,
69

“Not a Father's Day,”
53

“Nothing Good Happens After 2
A.M
.,”
45
,
47

Nozick, Robert,
124

“Of Course,”
50
,
205

“Okay Awesome,”
204

paradox of fiction,
3–14

“The Perfect Week,”
199

phenomenology,
146
;
see
Sartre
;
Heidegger
;
Ricoeur

“The Pineapple Incident,”
4

Platinum Rule,
41
,
69
,
125–29
,
190

Plato,
36–39
,
120

The Playbook
,
4
,
13
,
30
,
57
,
69
,
74–75
,
123
,
152
,
170
,
177
,
179
,
206

“The Playbook,”
4
,
9
,
13
,
29
,
206

“The Possimpible,”
49
,
191
,
201
,
209

pragmatism,
171–79

“The Pre-Nup,”
54

Priest, Graham,
214–215

Prinz, Jesse,
20

possimpibility,
191
,
209–223

“Rabbit or Duck,”
170

Rhode, Deborah,
44

Ricoeur, Paul,
196–200

“Right Place, Right Time,”
9
,
88

“Sandcastles in the Sand,”
49
,
197

Sartre, Jean-Paul,
18
,
58–64

“Say Cheese,”
197

Schadenfreude
,
8

Scherbatsky, Robin,
76
,
78
,
82
,
86
,
94
,
98
,
111
,
126
,
132–34
,
140–41
,
144
,
160
,
188
,
201
,
203
; and Barney,
4
,
7
,
9
,
18
,
29–30
,
49
,
50
,
65–75
,
76–77
,
103
,
124
,
131
,
141
,
183
,
189
,
191
,
205
; as Canadian,
57
,
93
,
95
,
100
,
135
; as feminist career-woman,
43–45
,
48
,
50–51
,
128
,
133–35
; and Lily,
103
,
113–14
,
131
,
136
; and marriage,
46
,
48
,
50–51
,
55
,
113
,
134
; and motherhood,
53–55
,
134
; and Ted,
25
,
82
,
86–88
,
105
,
151–52
,
159
,
172
,
199
; upbringing,
46–47
,
48

“The Scorpion and the Toad,”
6
,
71

Scotus, Duns,
211–14

Scuba Diver,
7
,
13
,
29–30

self,
23–27
,
57–66
,
195–207

self-deception,
23–27
,
57–66

Shafer-Landau, Russ,
137–38

“Shelter Island,”
48

slap bet,
9
,
205

“Slap Bet,”
110
,
111
,
113
,
197
,
205

“Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap,”
50
,
202

“Slutty Pumpkin,”
45
,
51
,
158

“The Slutty Pumpkin Returns,”
51
,
162

Smith, Adam:
Theory of Moral Sentiments
,
10

Solomon, Robert,
18–19

“Something Blue,”
45
,
199

“Something Old,”
7

“Sorry, Bro,”
205

“Splitsville,”
54

Stinson, Barney,
3–13
,
98
,
100
,
110
,
120
,
210–223
; awesomeness of,
15–27
,
98
,
125
; change of character from early episodes,
7
; doppelganger of,
85
,
108
,
110
; egoism of,
31–42
; as Humean,
125–137
; and his mother,
206–07
; paradox of,
5–7
; picking up women,
4–5
,
29–30
,
46
,
69
,
88–89
,
93
,
104–07
,
112
,
126–27
,
153–65
,
181–82
,
205–06
; and Robin,
49–56
,
103
,
139–140
,
183
,
205
; self-deception of,
57–66
; theoretical achievement of,
69–79
; theory of truth,
169–179
;
see also
The Bro Code
;
The Playbook
;
possimpibility

“The Stinson Missile Crisis,”
51
,
52

“The Stinsons,”
5

“Stuff,”
4

“Subway Wars,”
42
,
52

“Swarley,”
9

“Sweet Taste of Liberty,”
76

Sympathy;
see
empathy

“Symphony of Illumination,”
53

“Tailgate,”
54

Ted's best friend
71
,
153
,
205

“Three Days of Snow,”
110

“The Three Days Rule,”
170

“Tick Tick Tick,”
52
,
53

time,
145
,
150–51
,
195–207

truth;
see
epistemology

“Twin Beds,”
199

“Unfinished,”
52

“Wait for It . . .,”
48

“We're Not from Here,”
48
,
49

Wendy the waitress,
60
,
126–29

“Where Were We?”
170

“Who Wants to Be a Godparent?”
47
,
76

Wilson, Edward Osborne,
186

“Woo Girls,”
4
,
8

“Woooo!,”
48

“The Yips,”
206

“Zip, Zip, Zip,”
49
,
111

“Zoo or False,”
172
,
173
,
176
,
205