The Philosophy of Sherlock Holmes

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203 Index abduction. See reasoning, abductive Adler, Irene, 15, 38, 49, 59n2, 69–70, 104 aesthetics, 19 Angel, Hosmer, 40–41 Aquinas, Thomas, 66, 71, 126 arguments from silence, 160–62, 163n1 Aristotle, 2, 5, 26, 28–33, 50, 61–66, 68–69, 71, 73, 75, 118, 126, 128, 161, 167–79 Augustine, 139 autopsy, 190 Baker Street, 221B, 5, 7, 38–41, 46, 62–63, 112, 181–83 Baker Street Irregulars, 62–63 Baskerville, Hugo, 78. See also Hound of the Baskervilles, The Bell, Joseph, 12, 107, 108n14 Blackwell, Lady Eva, 24–26, 29 Blackwood, Lord, 77, 81–82, 89–90 boredom, 7, 63, 76n22, 104, 109, 145, 182, 185 Bouvard, Alexis, 56 brain, the, 18, 20n7, 66, 74, 110–11, 122–24, 138, 144, 187 brain capacity, 122–24, 130n4 Brett, Jeremy, 17 Calvin, John, 145 Carlyle, Thomas, 146 categorical imperative, 27 Comte, Auguste, 133, 141n1 Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur, literary career: criticism, 93; feeling toward Holmes, 98, 103–4; ownership of Holmes, 93–108 Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur, works of: “Abbey Grange, The,” 115, 117, 119n18; “Beryl Coronet, The,” 10, 59n3, 113, 119n11; “Black Peter,” 56, 194n9; “Blanched Soldier, The,” 59n3; “Blue Carbuncle, The,” 13, 21n14, 94–95, 107, 125, 130n14, 195n18; “Boscombe Valley Mystery,” 130n5, 164n13, 164n21, 195n23; “Bruce-Partington Plans, The,” 59n3, 105; “Cardboard Box, The,” 120n35; “Case of Identity, A,” 21n8, 37, 40, 47; “Charles Augustus Milverton,” 23–35, 73; “Copper Beeches, The,” 21n15, 52, 114, 119n14, 119n16, 164n26, 178; “Creeping Man, The,” 42, 67; “Crooked Man, The,” 100, 127, 164n17; “Devil’s Foot, The,” 91n20, 140, 144, 183; “Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, The,” 119n9; “Dying Detective, The,” 76, 119n8; “Empty House, The,” 21, 37, 39, 73, 93, 119n29, 195n25; “Engineer’s Thumb, The,” 195n19; “Final Problem, The,” 8, 204 Index Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur, works of: (cont.) 21n7, 37, 45, 62, 74, 93, 104–6, 150n23, 195n26; “Five Orange Pips, The,” 129n2, 150n8; “Gloria Scott, The,” 76n9, 172; “Golden Pince-Nez, The,” 119n15; “Greek Interpreter, The,” 21n16, 64, 150n7, 150n9, 164n22, 165n31, 195n22; “His Last Bow,” 105–7, 131n21; Hound of the Baskervilles, The, 51, 57, 78, 83, 86, 93, 111, 167, 183; “Illustrious Client, The,” 67; “Lion’s Mane, The,” 21n23; “Man with the Twisted Lip, The,” 114, 150n1, 164n23; “Mazarin Stone, The,” 119n4, 150n18; “Missing Three-Quarter, The,” 21n7, 76n15; “Musgrave Ritual, The,” 150n14; “Noble Bachelor, The,” 113, 131n20, 165n34; “Norwood Builder, The,” 116, 119n25, 119n27, 150n6, 151n41, 164n21; “Priory School, The,” 50, 59n3, 119n10, 119n22; “Problem of Thor Bridge, The,” 57, 111, 119n6, 139; “Red-Headed League, The,” 21n12, 130n5, 194n2; “Reigate Puzzle, The,” 56, 119n23, 147n8, 164n27; “Resident Patient, The,” 195n21; “Retired Colourman, The,” 21n4, 116, 119n24; “Scandal in Bohemia, A,” 39, 49, 55, 59n1, 69, 114, 119n3, 125, 150n10, 164n14, 165n39; Sign of Four, The, 55, 57, 59n3, 75n7, 103–4, 119n26, 125, 130n5, 134–35, 150n2, 163n8, 164n15, 164n18, 165n38, 195n27; “Silver Blaze, The,” 59n3, 111, 119n5, 154, 159–60, 163n3, 164n11, 164n19, 164n23, 165n32, 165n33, 60n14; “Six Napoleons, The,” 19; “Speckled Band, The,” 73, 167; Study in Scarlet, A, 11, 53–55, 57, 59, 71–72, 108n14, 118, 119n1, 120n34, 122, 129n1, 134, 141n3, 150n1, 163n2, 163n7, 164n22, 194n8; “Sussex Vampire, The,” 17, 139, 194n3; “Three Garridebs, The,” 76n13, 138; “Three Students, The,” 58; Valley of Fear, The, 21n10, 105, 115, 116, 130n5, 164n13, 164n21, 195n23; “Veiled Lodger, The,” 20n3, 187; “Wisteria Lodge, The,” 20n2, 107n1, 119n21; “Yellow Face, The,” 150n17, 165n40 consequentialism, 28 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, 181 cultural capital, 125, 130n12 Darwin, Charles, 54–55 death, 77, 99, 104, 181–95 deception, 37–47, 57 deduction, 2, 8–9, 11–12, 30, 49–51, 53–55, 57–58, 59n9, 79, 101, 108n14, 155, 158–59, 164n24 deism, 82, 84 depression, 7, 109, 143, 192 Descartes, René, 50–51 devil, the, 87 Diogenes Club, the, 64 Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 12 Draper, Paul, 79–80, 87 Dupin, C. Auguste, 97, 165 Einstein, Albert, 55 enemies, 33, 62, 69–76, 184 ennui. See boredom epistemology, 1, 7–10, 13–14, 52, 83, 86, 92n24; feminist, 15–20 ethics, 2–3, 26–28, 61; virtue, 29–35, 126 existentialism, 7 Index 205 falsificationism, 55 Freud, Sigmund, 55 friendship, 61–76, 135–41 Gödel, Kurt, 60n9 Goethe, 129 great hiatus, the, 93, 99, 105, 107 Gregson, Inspector, 71–73 Grim Reaper, the, 181–93 guessing, 12, 57, 72, 112, 164 Haack, Susan, 21n25 Hafiz, 129 Harrison...