Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar ... : Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes Paperback - 2008
by Klein, Daniel, Cathcart, Thomas
- Used
Here's a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts, and thinkers. It's Philosophy 101 for those who know not to take all this heavy stuff too seriously. (Philosophy)
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- Title Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar ... : Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
- Author Klein, Daniel, Cathcart, Thomas
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
- Date 2008-07-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # GRP70245737
- ISBN 9780143113874 / 0143113879
- Weight 0.39 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 7.06 x 4.91 x 0.61 in (17.93 x 12.47 x 1.55 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Philosophy, Philosophy - Humor
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008008999
- Dewey Decimal Code 102.07
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Summary
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 authors—and born vaudevillians—Thomas 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 read—and finally, it all makes sense!
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