Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
by Daniel Klein, Thomas Cathcart
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Author: Daniel Klein, Thomas CathcartEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
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Published: 2007-05-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Abrams Image
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Book Review: Funny Filosophy
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a painless and funny way to learn a bit about the history of philosophy. Very entertaining, and one might even learn something.
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Summary of Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
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.
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