Volume 72 in the series, Popular Culture and Philosophy ®, edited by George A. Reisch

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Jeopardy! and philosophy : what is knowledge in the form of a question? / edited by Shaun P. Young.

p. cm. — (Popular culture and philosophy ; vol. 72)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8126-9804-6

1. Jeopardy! (Television program) 2. Games—Philosophy. I. Young, Shaun P.

PN1992.77.J363J46 2012

791.45'72—dc23

2012032004