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Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy through Jokes
Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar Understanding Philosophy through Jokes
Author: Daniel Klein, Thomas Cathcart
Here’s an accusation – Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything. — When it comes to language, it all depends on what your definition of ‘is’ is. — And one for the existentialists – you haven’t lived until you think about death all the time. — Daniel Klein and Thomas Cathcart take philosophy to task with flair and g...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781786070180
ISBN-10: 1786070189
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 194
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Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This small volume would make a nice gift. It is a very, VERY basic introduction to philosophy and its terminology, using jokes as examples and as parts of explanations. Some of the jokes are laugh out loud funny, some are very corny, and some are just bad. I don't know much about philosophy so I cannot comment on the book's technical accuracy, but supposedly the authors were philosophy majors at Harvard which should lend them some street cred (at least in casual readers of philosophy circles.)
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