You've Got to Be Kidding! How Jokes Can Help You Think

Name: You've Got to Be Kidding! How Jokes Can Help You Think
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ISBN: 9781405196659

ISBN-10: 1405196653

ISBN-13: 9781405196659

Edition: 2009

Authors: John Capps, Donald Capps

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Youâ€²ve Got to Be Kidding!: How Jokes Can Help You Think focuses on a single, core issue at the heart of philosophy: our ability to think critically. The authors, a father and son team of distinguished professors, arenâ€²t kidding around when they show us that jokes illustrate the various ways in which the thinking process goes awry. They argue that jokes â€²workâ€² (we laugh) by invoking standards of rational thinking that are violated by the joke itself. They also reveal that many jokes assume certain fundamental ethical and moral truths, and what makes them amusing or funny is when of these truths is violated. The punch line, of course, is that jokes are an invaluable resource for…

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List price: $113.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/15/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.40" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements



Why Thinking Critically Is Important



Fallacies of Relevance



Fallacies of Evidence



Fallacies of Assumption



Critical Thinking and Objective Truth


References


Index