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Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar . . .: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
by Thomas Cathcart

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ISBN13: 9780143113874
ISBN10: 0143113879
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This New York Times bestseller is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes they'd had in school

Outrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . . has been a breakout bestseller ever since authorsand born vaudevilliansThomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein did their schtick on NPR's Weekend Edition. Lively, original, and powerfully informative, Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar . . . is a not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical thinkers and traditions, from Existentialism (What do Hegel and Bette Midler have in common?) to Logic (Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything). Philosophy 101 for those who like to take the heavy stuff lightly, this is a joy to readand finally, it all makes sense!

Review:

" The zaniest bestseller of the year."

The Boston Globe

" I laughed, I learned, I loved it."

Roy Blount, Jr.

Synopsis:

Heres a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts, and thinkers. Its Philosophy 101 for everyone who knows not to take all this heavy stuff too seriously. Some of the Big Ideas are Existentialism (what do Hegel and Bette Midler have in common?), Philosophy of Language (how to express what its like being stranded on a desert island with Halle Berry), Feminist Philosophy (why, in the end, a man is always a man), and much more. Finallyit all makes sense

Product Details

ISBN:
9780143113874
Subtitle:
Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
Author:
Cathcart, Thomas
Author:
Klein, Daniel
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Subject:
History & Surveys - General
Subject:
Form - Essays
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
Humor
Subject:
General Philosophy
Publication Date:
July 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
6.98x5.06x.60 in. .44 lbs.