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Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . .: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes | 
 enlarge | Authors: Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  125 reviews
Sales Rank: 794
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 0143113879
Dewey Decimal Number: 102.07
EAN: 9780143113874
ASIN: 0143113879
Publication Date: June 24, 2008
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This New York Times bestseller is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes theyd had in school
Outrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . . has been a breakout bestseller ever since authorsand born vaudevilliansThomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein did their schtick on NPRs 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 readand finally, it all makes sense!
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 wonderful gift book November 16, 2008
This is a wonderful book to enjoy and to give as a gift. It includes insights, wisdom, and great jokes!
Horrible both philosophically and comedically November 9, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm a Ph.D. student in philosophy and I bought this to see whether any of it was worth using in an Intro to Philosophy course. None of it is worth using for that purpose. It does every topic an injustice: usually false or misleading; at best superficial. Nor is it funny; although I agree with Wittgenstein that good, serious philosophy could be written consisting entirely of jokes.
James Grindeland
Department of Philosophy
University of Georgia
 Understanding the jokes November 4, 2008
Our book club selection (9 people) for Oct. The members that were educated in these fields reveled on this book. Most of us weren't of that mindset, we did enjoy and shared our favorite or most meaningful joke. Those that understood high stars, others low marks so 3 stars and enjoy.
Philosphy can be hilarious October 16, 2008
This is a very funny book with laugh out loud jokes that illustrate all the schools of philosophy, including meta-phlosophy: philosophy about philosophy, which, despite its name, does not invole drugs. You will learns something about these different branches that most of us would avoid like cow liver. You may even be inspired to take a class or read a more serious work. Me, I am going to read one of their other book.
John, author of reading Thomas Merton
Excellent. September 23, 2008
I won't pretend for a moment I know a damn thing about philosophy, as much as I'd love to the esoteric barriers always seem just out reach for either my pedestrian intelligence or my patience, or both. This book, and its companion (Aristotle and an Aardvark) are both so enjoyable I read it completely while in the bookstore and still bought it. The authors appear to have a deeply rooted understanding of the nuances of philosophical thought and study yet present the material in such an approachable, understandable and humorous way one can't help but enjoy the process of learning. You WILL laugh and WILL learn.
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