Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar
Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
 | Authors: Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein Imprint: Abrams Image ISBN: 0-8109-1493-X EAN: 9780810914933 Availability: Out of Stock Publishing Date: 5/1/2007 Trim Size: 5 x 7 Page Count: Cover: HC-Cloth with Jacket Illustrations: 8 BW Illu | Price:
$18.95 Out of Stock |
About the book
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.
About the author
Tom Cathcart and Daniel Klein pursued the usual careers after majoring in philosophy at Harvard. Tom worked with street gangs in Chicago, doctors at Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and dropped in and out of various divinity schools. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod. Dan has written jokes for various comedians including Flip Wilson and Lily Tomlin. He lives with his wife in the Berkshires. Together, they are authors of the politically incorrect book of daily affirmations, Macho Meditations.