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Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes

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.


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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!

 

 

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

This is such a profound and hilarious treasure of a little book that I have ordered several as gifts for family and friends.

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delightful, accessible, educational romp 

A perfect match! I'm finding it such a joy to see the depth behind jokes and the levity in philosophy. I wish that "Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar" had been required reading when I was in school.

 

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