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This New York Times bestseller is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes they'd had in schoolOutrageously 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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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
215

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2008, Penguin Books
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Plato and a platypus walk into a bar--: understanding philosophy through jokes
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Table of Contents

Philogagging: an introduction
Metaphysics
Logic
Epistemology
Ethics
Philosophy of religion
Existentialism
Philosophy of language
Social and political philosophy
Relativity
Meta-philosophy
Summa time : a conclusion
Final exam
Great moments in the history of philosophy.

Edition Notes

Originally published: New York : Abrams Image, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-205) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
102/.07
Library of Congress
BD31 .C38 2008

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Pagination
215 p. :
Number of pages
215

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Open Library
OL21559171M
Internet Archive
platoandplatypus00cath
ISBN 13
9780143113874
LCCN
2008008999
Library Thing
2596851
Goodreads
3538130

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