Plato and a platypus walk into a bar-- :

Cathcart, Thomas, 1940-

Plato and a platypus walk into a bar-- : understanding philosophy through jokes / Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein. - New York : Penguin Books, c2008. - 215 p. : illus. ; 18 cm.

Originally published: New York : Abrams Image, 2006.

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

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.

Teaches the principles and concepts of philosophy through one-liner jokes, vaudeville humor, cartoons, and limericks, in an irreverent introduction to the great philosophers and philosophical traditions, from Existentialism to Logic.

9780143113874 0143113879

2008008999


Philosophy.
Philosophy--Humor.
Philosophy.
Filosofi.
Filosofi--humor.


Humor.

BD31 / .C38 2008

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