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Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar by Thomas Cathcart
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Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar

Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein

Harry N. Abrams · 2007-05-01

Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

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Who It's For

  • Good for readers who enjoy Humor
  • Good for fans of Philosophy

What You Get

  • Reading lane: Humor.
  • Publisher: Harry N. Abrams.

About This Book

Here’s a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts, and thinkers. It’s 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 it’s like being stranded on a desert island with Halle Berry), Feminist Philosophy (why, in the end, a man is always a...

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Here’s a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts, and thinkers. It’s 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 it’s 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. Finally—it all makes sense!“I laughed, I learned, I loved it!” Roy Blount Jr. Read more