Bibliograph

Plato and a platypus walk into a bar ..., understanding philosophy through jokes, Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein

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Plato and a platypus walk into a bar ..., understanding philosophy through jokes, Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Plato and a platypus walk into a bar ...

Oclc number

123433186

Responsibility statement

Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein

Sub title

understanding philosophy through jokes

Summary

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!

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

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