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Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar... Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

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ISBN-10: 0143113879

ISBN-13: 9780143113874

Edition: 2008

Authors: Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein

List price: $15.00
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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…    
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Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 6/24/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English